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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... improving myself . " Labor ipse voluptas . " It is much safer to think what we say , than to say what we think ; I have attempted both . This is a work of no party , and my sole wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and ...
... improving myself . " Labor ipse voluptas . " It is much safer to think what we say , than to say what we think ; I have attempted both . This is a work of no party , and my sole wish is , that truth may prevail in the church , and ...
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... improved all that it conciliated : The triumphs of wit should rather be compared to the in- roads of the Parthians , splendid , but transient ; a victory succeeding by surprise , and indebted more to the sharpness of the arrow , than ...
... improved all that it conciliated : The triumphs of wit should rather be compared to the in- roads of the Parthians , splendid , but transient ; a victory succeeding by surprise , and indebted more to the sharpness of the arrow , than ...
Page 78
... improvement of the male . But wit in women is a jewel , which , unlike all others , borrows lustre from its setting , rather than bestows it ; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty . Even Madame de ...
... improvement of the male . But wit in women is a jewel , which , unlike all others , borrows lustre from its setting , rather than bestows it ; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty . Even Madame de ...
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... alone , Who " From the bright Empyrean , where He sits , " High throned above all height , casts down his eye , " His own works , and man's works , at once to view ! " revenue . CXLI . THE great remora to any improvement IN FEW WORDS . 79.
... alone , Who " From the bright Empyrean , where He sits , " High throned above all height , casts down his eye , " His own works , and man's works , at once to view ! " revenue . CXLI . THE great remora to any improvement IN FEW WORDS . 79.
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... improvement in our civil code , is the reduction that such reform must produce in the The laws ' delays , bills of revival , rejoinder , and renewal , empty the Stamp Office of Stamps , the pockets of plaintiff and defendant of their ...
... improvement in our civil code , is the reduction that such reform must produce in the The laws ' delays , bills of revival , rejoinder , and renewal , empty the Stamp Office of Stamps , the pockets of plaintiff and defendant of their ...
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