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 ix
... stand the test of this criterion , is not for me to determine : to know is one thing , to do is another , and it may be ob- served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to ...
... stand the test of this criterion , is not for me to determine : to know is one thing , to do is another , and it may be ob- served of good writing , as of good blood , that it is much easier to say what it is composed of , than to ...
Page xi
... stands no chance of amending it , who cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he does not command ...
... stands no chance of amending it , who cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he does not command ...
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... stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and proceeds in the same direction ... standing like Socrates , on the apex of wis- dom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a ...
... stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and proceeds in the same direction ... standing like Socrates , on the apex of wis- dom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a ...
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... stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescen- sions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , in as much as he purchases guineas with farthings . A few drops of oil will set the political machine IN FEW ...
... stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescen- sions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , in as much as he purchases guineas with farthings . A few drops of oil will set the political machine IN FEW ...
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... stand still here , but go on to bestow some pains and cost , that the master himself be not infe- rior to the mansion , and that the owner be not the only thing that is little , amidst every thing else that is great . The house may draw ...
... stand still here , but go on to bestow some pains and cost , that the master himself be not infe- rior to the mansion , and that the owner be not the only thing that is little , amidst every thing else that is great . The house may draw ...
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