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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... vice our hearts ; - when those who would fain persuade us that they are quite sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age ...
... vice our hearts ; - when those who would fain persuade us that they are quite sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age ...
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... vice may lose half its guilt , by losing all its grossness . An idea suggested , perhaps , by the parting anathema , fulmi- nated by Gibbon against the fellows of Magdalen ; men , he said , " in whom were united all the malevolence of ...
... vice may lose half its guilt , by losing all its grossness . An idea suggested , perhaps , by the parting anathema , fulmi- nated by Gibbon against the fellows of Magdalen ; men , he said , " in whom were united all the malevolence of ...
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... vice and virtue , that they have no time to prac- tise either the one or the other * . They die with less sin to answer for than some others , because they have been too busy in disputing about the origin of it , to commit it ; and with ...
... vice and virtue , that they have no time to prac- tise either the one or the other * . They die with less sin to answer for than some others , because they have been too busy in disputing about the origin of it , to commit it ; and with ...
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... vice . Now , let us give this mode of reasoning full play . A murderer is brought before a judge , and sets up this strong and overruling pro- pensity in justification of his crime . Now , the judge , even if he admitted the plea , must ...
... vice . Now , let us give this mode of reasoning full play . A murderer is brought before a judge , and sets up this strong and overruling pro- pensity in justification of his crime . Now , the judge , even if he admitted the plea , must ...
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... vice , though it may be rewarded for a time , usually meets with its punishment in the end . For the sycophant begins by treating his patron as something more than a man , and the patron very naturally finishes , by treat- ing the ...
... vice , though it may be rewarded for a time , usually meets with its punishment in the end . For the sycophant begins by treating his patron as something more than a man , and the patron very naturally finishes , by treat- ing the ...
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