Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 2M. Sherman, 1828 |
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... natural ; yet where we cannot invent , we may at least improve ; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old , condensatiou to that which was diffuse , perspicuity to that which was obscure , and currency to that which was ...
... natural ; yet where we cannot invent , we may at least improve ; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old , condensatiou to that which was diffuse , perspicuity to that which was obscure , and currency to that which was ...
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... natural philosopher , who has explained such wonders , from the two simple causes of impulse and of gravity , in this case he must look out for maxims as universal as those occasions to which he would apply them . Perhaps he might begin ...
... natural philosopher , who has explained such wonders , from the two simple causes of impulse and of gravity , in this case he must look out for maxims as universal as those occasions to which he would apply them . Perhaps he might begin ...
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... nature of that in which I am engaged , must droop and be dull . If indeed I have blundered on some antitheses that lead to false conclusions , I admit that no mercy ought to be shown to these , and I consign them , without ben- efit of ...
... nature of that in which I am engaged , must droop and be dull . If indeed I have blundered on some antitheses that lead to false conclusions , I admit that no mercy ought to be shown to these , and I consign them , without ben- efit of ...
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... Nature ; she often gives us the lightning even without the thunder , but never the thunder without the lightning . X. Let us so employ our youth that the very old age , which will deprive us of attention from the eyes of the women ...
... Nature ; she often gives us the lightning even without the thunder , but never the thunder without the lightning . X. Let us so employ our youth that the very old age , which will deprive us of attention from the eyes of the women ...
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... nature of things it is impossible for posterity to commit either the one fault or the other . Doctor Johnson is a remarkable instance of the truth of what has been advanced ; he was considered less than he really was in his morn of life ...
... nature of things it is impossible for posterity to commit either the one fault or the other . Doctor Johnson is a remarkable instance of the truth of what has been advanced ; he was considered less than he really was in his morn of life ...
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Page 235 - They err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote.
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Page 57 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?
Page 131 - Slave of the mine ! thy yellow light Gleams baleful as the tomb-fire drear. — A gentle vision comes by night My lonely widow'd heart to cheer : Her eyes are dim with many a tear, That once were guiding stars to mine ; Her fond heart throbs with many a fear! I cannot bear to see thee shine.
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Page 204 - Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason ; — they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Those works therefore are the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation.
Page 108 - ... those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves ; as he that leads a crowd, must begin by separating himself some little distance from it.
Page 130 - Far from my sacred natal clime, I haste to an untimely grave ; The daring thoughts that soar'd sublime Are sunk in Ocean's southern wave. Slave of the mine...
Page 131 - Her eyes are dim with many a tear, That once were guiding stars to mine: Her fond heart throbs with many a fear — I cannot bear to see thee shine. For thee, for thee, vile yellow slave, I left a heart that lov'd me true!
Page 232 - Push'd by a wild and artless race From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his northern sons of spoil awoke, And all the blended work of strength and grace, With many a rude repeated stroke, And many a barbarous yell, to thousand fragments broke.