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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... let no man presume to think that he can devise any plan of extensive good , unalloyed and unadulterated with evil . This is the prerogative of the godhead alone ! C VIII . THE inequalities of life are real things , IN FEW WORD . 17.
... let no man presume to think that he can devise any plan of extensive good , unalloyed and unadulterated with evil . This is the prerogative of the godhead alone ! C VIII . THE inequalities of life are real things , IN FEW WORD . 17.
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... evil of its blemishes confined . The light and heat of the sun benefit all , and are by all enjoyed ; the spots on his surface are discoverable only to the few . But the lower order of aspirers to fame and talent , have IN FEW WORDS ...
... evil of its blemishes confined . The light and heat of the sun benefit all , and are by all enjoyed ; the spots on his surface are discoverable only to the few . But the lower order of aspirers to fame and talent , have IN FEW WORDS ...
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... evil , into the means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to be so insurmountable a barrier to the intercourse of nations as the ocean ; but science has converted it into the best and most ...
... evil , into the means of producing its opposite good . What for instance appears at first sight to be so insurmountable a barrier to the intercourse of nations as the ocean ; but science has converted it into the best and most ...
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... evil ; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever . The Turks have a proverb , which says , that The devil tempts all other men , but that idle men tempt the devil ; And Prince Eugene informed a confidential friend , that , in the ...
... evil ; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever . The Turks have a proverb , which says , that The devil tempts all other men , but that idle men tempt the devil ; And Prince Eugene informed a confidential friend , that , in the ...
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... evil ; and still more seldom , that they can boast of that fortunate situation , where , like the great Duke of Marlborough , they are permitted to chuse between two things that are good . His Grace was hesitating whether he should take ...
... evil ; and still more seldom , that they can boast of that fortunate situation , where , like the great Duke of Marlborough , they are permitted to chuse between two things that are good . His Grace was hesitating whether he should take ...
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