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
... never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if applied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , " Non trunco sed frondibus efficit Umbram . " It is in Literature as in Finance - much Paper and ...
... never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if applied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , " Non trunco sed frondibus efficit Umbram . " It is in Literature as in Finance - much Paper and ...
Page iii
... never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the reader , and when not prejudicial , at least super- fluous . If a book really wants the patronage of a great name , it is a bad book , and if it be a good ...
... never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the reader , and when not prejudicial , at least super- fluous . If a book really wants the patronage of a great name , it is a bad book , and if it be a good ...
Page xi
... never yet known to have the slightest compassion for those authors who have deprived themselves of sleep , in order to procure it for their readers . With books , as with companions , it is of more consequence to know which to avoid ...
... never yet known to have the slightest compassion for those authors who have deprived themselves of sleep , in order to procure it for their readers . With books , as with companions , it is of more consequence to know which to avoid ...
Page 19
... never could have raised themselves to it . IX . AN upright minister asks , what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister who . X. THE first consideration with a knave , is how to help himself , and the second , how to do it , with an ...
... never could have raised themselves to it . IX . AN upright minister asks , what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister who . X. THE first consideration with a knave , is how to help himself , and the second , how to do it , with an ...
Page 21
... never so great , as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Bucephalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most powerful efforts have been produced . And be it remembered ...
... never so great , as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Bucephalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most powerful efforts have been produced . And be it remembered ...
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