Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... tion ; if it be but little , I have taken care that the volume which contains it , shall not be large . I plead the privilege which a preface allows to an author , for saying thus much of myself ; since if a writer be inclined to ...
... tion ; if it be but little , I have taken care that the volume which contains it , shall not be large . I plead the privilege which a preface allows to an author , for saying thus much of myself ; since if a writer be inclined to ...
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... tion of ideas ; for such turgidity , although it may be as aspiring as that of a balloon , is also as use- less . I have neither spare time for superfluous writing , nor spare money for superfluous print- ing , and shall be satisfied ...
... tion of ideas ; for such turgidity , although it may be as aspiring as that of a balloon , is also as use- less . I have neither spare time for superfluous writing , nor spare money for superfluous print- ing , and shall be satisfied ...
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... tion of this power , men are too apt to be deceiv- ed . Nothing , for instance , is more common than to see rank or riches preferred to talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power than riches ...
... tion of this power , men are too apt to be deceiv- ed . Nothing , for instance , is more common than to see rank or riches preferred to talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power than riches ...
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... tion ourselves . Sir Richard Steele has observ- ed , that there is this difference between the church of Rome and the church of England ; the one professes to be infallible - the other to be never in the wrong . Such high pretensions ...
... tion ourselves . Sir Richard Steele has observ- ed , that there is this difference between the church of Rome and the church of England ; the one professes to be infallible - the other to be never in the wrong . Such high pretensions ...
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... , if poor , should use a double circumspec- tion ; for her beauty will tempt others , her po- verty herself . XX . Power , like the diamond , dazzles the IN FEW WORDS . 27 ter. To lose our charity in defence of our ...
... , if poor , should use a double circumspec- tion ; for her beauty will tempt others , her po- verty herself . XX . Power , like the diamond , dazzles the IN FEW WORDS . 27 ter. To lose our charity in defence of our ...
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