Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 pages |
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... Solomon knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu- tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , · and panted with heat , were cold in their xii · PREFACE .
... Solomon knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu- tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , · and panted with heat , were cold in their xii · PREFACE .
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... bodies , and of their minds , serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . 1 XXV . MEN will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but -- live for it . XXVI . HONOUR is ...
... bodies , and of their minds , serve only to augment and to consolidate the strength of their purse . 1 XXV . MEN will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but -- live for it . XXVI . HONOUR is ...
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... a joyless and a precari- ous safety , as short - lived as that of some conquerors , who have died from a pestilence , excited by the dead bodies of the vanquished . XLVI . MANY men fail in life , from the IN FEW WORDS . 35.
... a joyless and a precari- ous safety , as short - lived as that of some conquerors , who have died from a pestilence , excited by the dead bodies of the vanquished . XLVI . MANY men fail in life , from the IN FEW WORDS . 35.
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... body and a soul ; can confer upon them an imperishable vigour , a beauty that increases with age , and which must con- tinue to captivate generations . In short , wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty ...
... body and a soul ; can confer upon them an imperishable vigour , a beauty that increases with age , and which must con- tinue to captivate generations . In short , wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty ...
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... bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they would rather use a cannon ball , than a battering ram . With such minds to resolve and to act is instantaneous ; they seem to precede the march of ...
... bodies with velocity , have a greater momentum than large masses without it . Thus they would rather use a cannon ball , than a battering ram . With such minds to resolve and to act is instantaneous ; they seem to precede the march of ...
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