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
... observed , " What was to the purpose I could not say ; and what was not to the purpose , I would not say . " And yet Shakespeare has hinted , that even silence is not always " commendable : " since it may be foolish if we are wise , but ...
... observed , " What was to the purpose I could not say ; and what was not to the purpose , I would not say . " And yet Shakespeare has hinted , that even silence is not always " commendable : " since it may be foolish if we are wise , but ...
Page v
... or judgment approve . For observations made in the cloister , or in the desert , will generally be as obscure as the one , and as bar- ren as the other : but he that would paint with his pen , no less than he that would paint with PREFACE .
... or judgment approve . For observations made in the cloister , or in the desert , will generally be as obscure as the one , and as bar- ren as the other : but he that would paint with his pen , no less than he that would paint with PREFACE .
Page vi
... observation of him who said , that “ in the same meadow , the ox seeks the herbage ; the dog , the hare ; and the stork ... observed , that a good poet was of no more service to the church or the state , than a good player at nine pins ...
... observation of him who said , that “ in the same meadow , the ox seeks the herbage ; the dog , the hare ; and the stork ... observed , that a good poet was of no more service to the church or the state , than a good player at nine pins ...
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... observed , he would much rather that posterity should in- quire why no statues were erected to him , than why they were ! VII . AS in agriculture , he that can produce the greatest crop is not the best farmer , but he that can effect it ...
... observed , he would much rather that posterity should in- quire why no statues were erected to him , than why they were ! VII . AS in agriculture , he that can produce the greatest crop is not the best farmer , but he that can effect it ...
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... thank- ing his rank , for his talent . When Leonardo da Vinci died , his sovereign exclaimed , " I can make a thousand lords , but not one Leonardo . " Cicero observed to a de- generate patrician , " I am the first of my 18 MANY THINGS.
... thank- ing his rank , for his talent . When Leonardo da Vinci died , his sovereign exclaimed , " I can make a thousand lords , but not one Leonardo . " Cicero observed to a de- generate patrician , " I am the first of my 18 MANY THINGS.
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