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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... highest interest , the moment we quit the light of.revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrronism , and the deepest inquiry with the darkest doubt . In an age remarkable for good reasoning and ...
... highest interest , the moment we quit the light of.revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrronism , and the deepest inquiry with the darkest doubt . In an age remarkable for good reasoning and ...
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... highest lustre , from the number of the saved , not of the slain . XVI . THE great examples of Bacon , of Milton ... highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Bucephalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most ...
... highest lustre , from the number of the saved , not of the slain . XVI . THE great examples of Bacon , of Milton ... highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Bucephalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most ...
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... highest ; not that the highest are always the best , but , because if disgusted there , we can at any time descend ; -but if we begin with the lowest , to ascend is impossible . In the grand theatre of human life , a box ticket takes us ...
... highest ; not that the highest are always the best , but , because if disgusted there , we can at any time descend ; -but if we begin with the lowest , to ascend is impossible . In the grand theatre of human life , a box ticket takes us ...
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... he may fail with regard to others , yet if pure and good , with regard to himself and his highest interests , they cannot fail ; and with respect to his prayers to God , although they cannot make the Deity more 40 MANY THINGS.
... he may fail with regard to others , yet if pure and good , with regard to himself and his highest interests , they cannot fail ; and with respect to his prayers to God , although they cannot make the Deity more 40 MANY THINGS.
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... highest wisdom . LVIII . IF all seconds were as averse to duels as their princi- pals , very little blood would be shed in that way . LIX . IF we cannot exhibit a better life than an atheist , we must be very bad calculators , and if we ...
... highest wisdom . LVIII . IF all seconds were as averse to duels as their princi- pals , very little blood would be shed in that way . LIX . IF we cannot exhibit a better life than an atheist , we must be very bad calculators , and if we ...
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