Lacon, Or Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkWilliam Gowans, 1855 - 493 pages |
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... necessary accompaniments of ta- lent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagances , with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau . a Chat- terton , a Savage , a Burns , or a Byron ; others ...
... necessary accompaniments of ta- lent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united these extravagances , with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau . a Chat- terton , a Savage , a Burns , or a Byron ; others ...
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... necessary for such a man to wear his heart in his head , ' for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he anticipated an acquittal by ...
... necessary for such a man to wear his heart in his head , ' for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he anticipated an acquittal by ...
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... necessary of human life , could be procured on terms equally cheap and easy , there would be much more reason to fear , that men would become brutes , for the want of something to do , rather than philosophers , from the possession of ...
... necessary of human life , could be procured on terms equally cheap and easy , there would be much more reason to fear , that men would become brutes , for the want of something to do , rather than philosophers , from the possession of ...
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... necessary qualifications for a writer ; but their very opposites would perhaps be preferred by an orator . He that has spent much of his time in a study , will seldom be collected enough to think in a crowd , or confiden enough to talk ...
... necessary qualifications for a writer ; but their very opposites would perhaps be preferred by an orator . He that has spent much of his time in a study , will seldom be collected enough to think in a crowd , or confiden enough to talk ...
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... necessary to the full development of her charms , as the shade and the shower are to the rose , confirming its beauty , and increasing its fragrance . If dissimulation is ever to be pardoned , it is that which men have recourse to , in ...
... necessary to the full development of her charms , as the shade and the shower are to the rose , confirming its beauty , and increasing its fragrance . If dissimulation is ever to be pardoned , it is that which men have recourse to , in ...
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