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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... former would constitute inequalities in the rudest state of nature ; the two latter more properly belong to a state of society more or less civilized and refined . Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvible into power . But in ...
... former would constitute inequalities in the rudest state of nature ; the two latter more properly belong to a state of society more or less civilized and refined . Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvible into power . But in ...
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... strength , and talent ; but as old age always weakens , often destroys the two latter , the aged are induced to cling with the greater avidity to the former . And the attachment of -5 the aged to wealth , must be a growing 26 MANY THINGS.
... strength , and talent ; but as old age always weakens , often destroys the two latter , the aged are induced to cling with the greater avidity to the former . And the attachment of -5 the aged to wealth , must be a growing 26 MANY THINGS.
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... former would rather stumble in following the dead , than walk upright by the profane assistance of the living . She worships the mouldering mummies of an- tiquity , and her will is , that they should not be buried , but embalmed . She ...
... former would rather stumble in following the dead , than walk upright by the profane assistance of the living . She worships the mouldering mummies of an- tiquity , and her will is , that they should not be buried , but embalmed . She ...
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... former one . He had said , " Let war feed war ; " it did so , and Russia spread her table - cloth of snow , to receive the fragments of the feast . But all this energy , and all this talent , were clouded by a total want of principle ...
... former one . He had said , " Let war feed war ; " it did so , and Russia spread her table - cloth of snow , to receive the fragments of the feast . But all this energy , and all this talent , were clouded by a total want of principle ...
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... former are the spoilt children of indulgence , the latter , the hardy offspring of endeavour . The copper , coal , and iron , of England , in as much as they cost much labour to dig , and insure a still farther accumulation of it , when ...
... former are the spoilt children of indulgence , the latter , the hardy offspring of endeavour . The copper , coal , and iron , of England , in as much as they cost much labour to dig , and insure a still farther accumulation of it , when ...
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