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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... follow- ing pages , are such , that whoever avows them , will be considered a Tory by the Whigs and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfrequently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party ...
... follow- ing pages , are such , that whoever avows them , will be considered a Tory by the Whigs and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfrequently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party ...
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... follows a false one . The consequence is , that error , when she retraces her footsteps , has farther to go , before she can arrive at the truth , than ignorance . II . WITH respect to the authority of great names , it should be ...
... follows a false one . The consequence is , that error , when she retraces her footsteps , has farther to go , before she can arrive at the truth , than ignorance . II . WITH respect to the authority of great names , it should be ...
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... follow them , it is well , but they will not deviate to follow it . With inferior minds the reverse is observable ; so that they can command the flattery of knaves while liv- ing , they care not for the execrations of honest men , when ...
... follow them , it is well , but they will not deviate to follow it . With inferior minds the reverse is observable ; so that they can command the flattery of knaves while liv- ing , they care not for the execrations of honest men , when ...
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... , and let no man preɛume to join what God hath put asunder . When we combat error with than any other weapon argu- ment , we err more than those whom we attack . XXXIX . WE follow the world in approving others , 32 MANY THINGS.
... , and let no man preɛume to join what God hath put asunder . When we combat error with than any other weapon argu- ment , we err more than those whom we attack . XXXIX . WE follow the world in approving others , 32 MANY THINGS.
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... follow the world in approving others , but we go before it in approving ourselves . XL . NONE are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose ...
... follow the world in approving others , but we go before it in approving ourselves . XL . NONE are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose ...
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