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 33
... persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose of circulation . XLI . THAT knowledge which a man may acquire only by travelling , is often too dearly bought . The traveller indeed may be said to fetch the ...
... persons covet secrets , as a spend- thrift covets money , for the purpose of circulation . XLI . THAT knowledge which a man may acquire only by travelling , is often too dearly bought . The traveller indeed may be said to fetch the ...
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... persons who , like Dodding- ton , have no higher ambition than that of sailing in the wake of a man of first rate abilities ; " I told the duke of Newcastle , says he , ( in the account he gives us of himself , in his Diary , ) that it ...
... persons who , like Dodding- ton , have no higher ambition than that of sailing in the wake of a man of first rate abilities ; " I told the duke of Newcastle , says he , ( in the account he gives us of himself , in his Diary , ) that it ...
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... persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove it with water , before we trust it with wine . The more mi- nute , trivial , and we might say vernacular opportunities of being just and upright ...
... persons should remember , that in order to try whether a vessel be leaky , we first prove it with water , before we trust it with wine . The more mi- nute , trivial , and we might say vernacular opportunities of being just and upright ...
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... persons in fit stations , evinces the truest knowledge of men . It was observed of Elizabeth , that she was weak herself , but chose wise counsellors ; to which it was replied , that to chuse wise counsellors , was , in a prince , the ...
... persons in fit stations , evinces the truest knowledge of men . It was observed of Elizabeth , that she was weak herself , but chose wise counsellors ; to which it was replied , that to chuse wise counsellors , was , in a prince , the ...
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... persons make so large a demand upon the reason of others , as those who have none of their own ; as a highwayman will take greater liberties with our purse , than our banker . LXXXVII . He THE pope conducts himself towards our heavenly ...
... persons make so large a demand upon the reason of others , as those who have none of their own ; as a highwayman will take greater liberties with our purse , than our banker . LXXXVII . He THE pope conducts himself towards our heavenly ...
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