Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... termed the better part of valour , and it is more certain , that diffidence is the better part of knowledge . Where I am ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most ...
... termed the better part of valour , and it is more certain , that diffidence is the better part of knowledge . Where I am ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most ...
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... termed the grand sepulchre of all his other passions , as they suc- cessively decay . But unlike other tombs it is enlarged by repletion , and strengthened by age . This latter paradox , so peculiar to this passion , must be ascribed to ...
... termed the grand sepulchre of all his other passions , as they suc- cessively decay . But unlike other tombs it is enlarged by repletion , and strengthened by age . This latter paradox , so peculiar to this passion , must be ascribed to ...
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... termed an impracticable man by a king . A ship may be well equipped both as to sails and as to guns , but if she be destitute both of ballast and of rudder , she can neither fight with effect nor fly with adroitness ; and she must ...
... termed an impracticable man by a king . A ship may be well equipped both as to sails and as to guns , but if she be destitute both of ballast and of rudder , she can neither fight with effect nor fly with adroitness ; and she must ...
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... termed the " reign of cowar- dice . " One knows not which most to execrate ; the nation that could submit to suffer such atro- cities , or that low and bloodthirsty demagogue that could inflict them . France , in succumbing to such a ...
... termed the " reign of cowar- dice . " One knows not which most to execrate ; the nation that could submit to suffer such atro- cities , or that low and bloodthirsty demagogue that could inflict them . France , in succumbing to such a ...
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... and expel her rivals . Doddington , who may be termed one of her darling sons , confesses in his Diary , that the source of all opposition is resentment , or in- 92 MANY THINGS blamed, and, in another, to be pitied...
... and expel her rivals . Doddington , who may be termed one of her darling sons , confesses in his Diary , that the source of all opposition is resentment , or in- 92 MANY THINGS blamed, and, in another, to be pitied...
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