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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Page ii
... fact , the Press was never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if applied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , " Non trunco sed frondibus efficit Umbram . " It is in Literature as in ...
... fact , the Press was never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if applied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , " Non trunco sed frondibus efficit Umbram . " It is in Literature as in ...
Page iv
... fact addressed to all the world ; for although the proportion of those who do think , be extremely small , yet every indivi- dual flatters himself that he is one of the number . In the present rage for all that is marvellous and in ...
... fact addressed to all the world ; for although the proportion of those who do think , be extremely small , yet every indivi- dual flatters himself that he is one of the number . In the present rage for all that is marvellous and in ...
Page vi
... fact , every author is a far better judge of the pains that his efforts have cost him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a ...
... fact , every author is a far better judge of the pains that his efforts have cost him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a ...
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... fact is , that charity is contented with exhortation and example , but pride is not to be so easily satisfied . An enthusiast , therefore , ought above all things to guard agains : this error , arising from a mor- bid association of ...
... fact is , that charity is contented with exhortation and example , but pride is not to be so easily satisfied . An enthusiast , therefore , ought above all things to guard agains : this error , arising from a mor- bid association of ...
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... fact is , that an honest man will continue to be so , though surrounded on all sides by rogues . The whole world is turned upside down once in every twenty - four hours ; yet no one thinks of standing upon his head , rather than on his ...
... fact is , that an honest man will continue to be so , though surrounded on all sides by rogues . The whole world is turned upside down once in every twenty - four hours ; yet no one thinks of standing upon his head , rather than on his ...
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