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... answers , " Every man for himself : " ( vol . II . p . 142. ) He foresees , indeed , " the danger of error and abuse , " maintains that every rule is liable to the same or greater , and settles the appeal at once by establishing , that ...
... answers , " Every man for himself : " ( vol . II . p . 142. ) He foresees , indeed , " the danger of error and abuse , " maintains that every rule is liable to the same or greater , and settles the appeal at once by establishing , that ...
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... answering in the affirma- tive , and evaded the question , by observing , that “ Truth was paramount to every other consideration . " Expediency is worthy of our attention - but not as a standard of morals . Expediency is the ocean to ...
... answering in the affirma- tive , and evaded the question , by observing , that “ Truth was paramount to every other consideration . " Expediency is worthy of our attention - but not as a standard of morals . Expediency is the ocean to ...
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... answered : - Parcequ'il fut des premiers à la foire des nez . Rabelais , Gargantua , liv . 1. chap . 41 . Don Alonzo , King of Aragon , used to say , that we ought to take advice from the dead , instead of the living , because the ...
... answered : - Parcequ'il fut des premiers à la foire des nez . Rabelais , Gargantua , liv . 1. chap . 41 . Don Alonzo , King of Aragon , used to say , that we ought to take advice from the dead , instead of the living , because the ...
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... answered , that the whole object of these quotations is to give specimens of wit , and , if good , it is of no conse- quence whence they come . Besides , it must be remembered , that if by chance a person is idle , it is agreeable to ...
... answered , that the whole object of these quotations is to give specimens of wit , and , if good , it is of no conse- quence whence they come . Besides , it must be remembered , that if by chance a person is idle , it is agreeable to ...
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... become a candidate for a public office , and among other electors , requested the support of Cicero , who answered Ego quoque tibi jure favebo Quintil . Inst . lib . 6 , c . 3 . Here the pun arises on the word jure , that On Wit . 35.
... become a candidate for a public office , and among other electors , requested the support of Cicero , who answered Ego quoque tibi jure favebo Quintil . Inst . lib . 6 , c . 3 . Here the pun arises on the word jure , that On Wit . 35.
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