Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page vi
... sure of discovering nothing but beauties . Some also of my conclusions will no doubt be condemned by those who will not take the trouble of look- ing into the postulata ; for the soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an ...
... sure of discovering nothing but beauties . Some also of my conclusions will no doubt be condemned by those who will not take the trouble of look- ing into the postulata ; for the soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an ...
Page viii
... sure to retort in a worse . I have availed myself of examples both ancient and modern , wherever they appeared likely to illustrate or strengthen my positions ; but I am not so sanguine as to expect that all will draw the same ...
... sure to retort in a worse . I have availed myself of examples both ancient and modern , wherever they appeared likely to illustrate or strengthen my positions ; but I am not so sanguine as to expect that all will draw the same ...
Page x
... sure to put good things into his pages , if he fail to do it himself . With respect to the style I have adopted in the following sheets , I have attempted to make it vary with the subject ; avoiding all pomp of words , where there was ...
... sure to put good things into his pages , if he fail to do it himself . With respect to the style I have adopted in the following sheets , I have attempted to make it vary with the subject ; avoiding all pomp of words , where there was ...
Page xii
... sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ...
... sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ...
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... sure to suffer for every error of the court , the cabinet , or the camp . When error sits in the seat of power and of authority , and is generated in high places , it may be compared to that tor- rent which originates indeed in the ...
... sure to suffer for every error of the court , the cabinet , or the camp . When error sits in the seat of power and of authority , and is generated in high places , it may be compared to that tor- rent which originates indeed in the ...
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