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
... happen that I myself am now com- mitting the very crime that I think , I am censur- ing . But while justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write , because I have nothing to do , justice to myself induces me to add , that I ...
... happen that I myself am now com- mitting the very crime that I think , I am censur- ing . But while justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write , because I have nothing to do , justice to myself induces me to add , that I ...
Page vii
... happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune to be abso- lutely false . It is a melancholy consideration for authors , that there is very little " Terra Incognita " in literature , and there now remain to us ...
... happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune to be abso- lutely false . It is a melancholy consideration for authors , that there is very little " Terra Incognita " in literature , and there now remain to us ...
Page 21
... happen to be directly against the popular inference , that a certain wildness of eccentricity and thoughtlessness of conduct , are the necessary accom- paniments of talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united ...
... happen to be directly against the popular inference , that a certain wildness of eccentricity and thoughtlessness of conduct , are the necessary accom- paniments of talent , and the sure indications of genius . Because some have united ...
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... happen to be more nu- merous than those of agreement . A safer mode of proceed- ing would be to propose with diffidence , to conjecture with freedom , to examine with candour , and to dissent with ci- vility ; in rebus necessariis sit ...
... happen to be more nu- merous than those of agreement . A safer mode of proceed- ing would be to propose with diffidence , to conjecture with freedom , to examine with candour , and to dissent with ci- vility ; in rebus necessariis sit ...
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... reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association of King , Lords and Commons . And in poli- tics , as in religion , it so happens that 28 MANY THINGS.
... reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association of King , Lords and Commons . And in poli- tics , as in religion , it so happens that 28 MANY THINGS.
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