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
... ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taci- turnity , than most authors for their loquacity , who observed , " What was to the purpose I could not say ; and what was not to the ...
... ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taci- turnity , than most authors for their loquacity , who observed , " What was to the purpose I could not say ; and what was not to the ...
Page x
... ignorance as the sea . On points of the 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 ...
... ignorance as the sea . On points of the 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 ...
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... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and proceeds ...
... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and proceeds ...
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... ignorant how far the iniquity of others can go . adversity will excite temptations in ourselves , our prosperity in others . Sir Robert Walpole observed , it was fortunate that few men could be prime ministers , ' because it was for ...
... ignorant how far the iniquity of others can go . adversity will excite temptations in ourselves , our prosperity in others . Sir Robert Walpole observed , it was fortunate that few men could be prime ministers , ' because it was for ...
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... ignorance , than pedantry by her learning ; since she mistakes the nonage of things for their virility ; and her creed is , that darkness is increased , by the accession of light ; that the world grows younger by age ; 36 MANY THINGS.
... ignorance , than pedantry by her learning ; since she mistakes the nonage of things for their virility ; and her creed is , that darkness is increased , by the accession of light ; that the world grows younger by age ; 36 MANY THINGS.
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