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 iii
... a volume to Prince Posterity , and there was a manliness in the act . Posterity will prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as un- likely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not PREFACE . iii.
... a volume to Prince Posterity , and there was a manliness in the act . Posterity will prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as un- likely to receive , adulation . But posterity is not PREFACE . iii.
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... proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident of change , and all confusion of chance . But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches , may be best discovered from ...
... proved in various ways ; being so much more indeprivable , and indestructible , so much more above all accident of change , and all confusion of chance . But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches , may be best discovered from ...
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... 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 , are constantly occurring to every one ; and it is an unimpeachable character in ...
... 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 , are constantly occurring to every one ; and it is an unimpeachable character in ...
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... proved a blessing in dis- guise . And those favoured few , who , by their rank or their riches , are exempted from all exertion , have no rea- son to be thankful for the privilege . It was the observa- tion of this necessity , that led ...
... proved a blessing in dis- guise . And those favoured few , who , by their rank or their riches , are exempted from all exertion , have no rea- son to be thankful for the privilege . It was the observa- tion of this necessity , that led ...
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... proved a Joseph , merely because he had so many other things to attend to . LXXI . THERE is no quality of the mind ... Prove it , said his Lordship , and you shall have it : It would be a good thing well applied , rejoined the chaplain ...
... proved a Joseph , merely because he had so many other things to attend to . LXXI . THERE is no quality of the mind ... Prove it , said his Lordship , and you shall have it : It would be a good thing well applied , rejoined the chaplain ...
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