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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... 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 unitas ; in non necessariis li- beralitas ; in omnibus ...
... 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 unitas ; in non necessariis li- beralitas ; in omnibus ...
Page 23
... mode of defence . There is an old poet who has said , " Nullum Numen abest si sit Prudentia tecum , " but your thorough - paced enthusiast would make a trifling alteration in the letter , but a most important one in the spirit of the ...
... mode of defence . There is an old poet who has said , " Nullum Numen abest si sit Prudentia tecum , " but your thorough - paced enthusiast would make a trifling alteration in the letter , but a most important one in the spirit of the ...
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... mode of arriving at truth , are sometimes before her , and sometimes behind her , but very seldom with her . Thus the great statesman who relates the conspiracy against Doria , pauses to delibe- rate upon , and minutely to scrutinize ...
... mode of arriving at truth , are sometimes before her , and sometimes behind her , but very seldom with her . Thus the great statesman who relates the conspiracy against Doria , pauses to delibe- rate upon , and minutely to scrutinize ...
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... mode of putting an end to the dinner . It was Dr. South's turn to say the grace : and whenever the king honoured his chaplains with his presence , the prescribed formula ran thus : " God save the king , and bless the dinner . " Our ...
... mode of putting an end to the dinner . It was Dr. South's turn to say the grace : and whenever the king honoured his chaplains with his presence , the prescribed formula ran thus : " God save the king , and bless the dinner . " Our ...
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... mode of reasoning full play . A murderer is brought before a judge , and sets up this strong and overruling pro- pensity in justification of his crime . Now , the judge , even if he admitted the plea , must , on the criminal's own ...
... mode of reasoning full play . A murderer is brought before a judge , and sets up this strong and overruling pro- pensity in justification of his crime . Now , the judge , even if he admitted the plea , must , on the criminal's own ...
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