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
... 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.
... 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.
Page iv
... receive , adulation . But posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is ex- tremely particular as to what he receives . Very few of the presents that are directed to him ...
... receive , adulation . But posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is ex- tremely particular as to what he receives . Very few of the presents that are directed to him ...
Page 37
... receive them . Those that seek her early , will find her before it is late ; her reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned ...
... receive them . Those that seek her early , will find her before it is late ; her reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned ...
Page 41
... receive . LVII . WE did not make the world , we may mend it , and must live in it . We shall find that it abounds with fools , who are too dull to be employed , and knaves who are too sharp . But the compound character is most common ...
... receive . LVII . WE did not make the world , we may mend it , and must live in it . We shall find that it abounds with fools , who are too dull to be employed , and knaves who are too sharp . But the compound character is most common ...
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... receive the fragments of the feast . But all this energy , and all this talent , were clouded by a total want of principle ; he knew that he had none nimself , and here he was always right ; but he concluded that all others had none ...
... receive the fragments of the feast . But all this energy , and all this talent , were clouded by a total want of principle ; he knew that he had none nimself , and here he was always right ; but he concluded that all others had none ...
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