Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... admit that wherever this figure presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from it , appear to me to be just . I have consulted authors ancient and modern on this subject , and they ...
... admit that wherever this figure presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from it , appear to me to be just . I have consulted authors ancient and modern on this subject , and they ...
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... admit their infirmity , are thankful for our assistance , and do not deny us that light which they themselves have lost . But it is far otherwise with the blindness of the mind , which , although it be a calamity far more deplorable ...
... admit their infirmity , are thankful for our assistance , and do not deny us that light which they themselves have lost . But it is far otherwise with the blindness of the mind , which , although it be a calamity far more deplorable ...
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... admitting two discrete orders of men , and that there is one law of ex- istence for one description , and a second for another . For if we pursue the analogy no further than history , experience and observation warrant , and this is the ...
... admitting two discrete orders of men , and that there is one law of ex- istence for one description , and a second for another . For if we pursue the analogy no further than history , experience and observation warrant , and this is the ...
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... admit this absurdity , as his only means of escaping a greater , namely , that a whole shall not be altered , notwithstanding a total change of all the parts that com- posed it . If indeed the materialist is inclined to admit that these ...
... admit this absurdity , as his only means of escaping a greater , namely , that a whole shall not be altered , notwithstanding a total change of all the parts that com- posed it . If indeed the materialist is inclined to admit that these ...
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... admit , or accede to , I sent him the following little " jeu d'esprit , " which he had the candour to insert : --- Cleve - Dennis - Carpenter - agree ! And fully prove a Trinity ; For in their writings , all may see Not one ...
... admit , or accede to , I sent him the following little " jeu d'esprit , " which he had the candour to insert : --- Cleve - Dennis - Carpenter - agree ! And fully prove a Trinity ; For in their writings , all may see Not one ...
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absurdity admire admit ancient anecdote Arcesilaus argument Aristotle attempt beautiful blasphemy body canto cause common constantly courage Dæmon danger death Deism despise destroy DOCTOR Johnson Don Juan doubt dread earth Epicurus eternal evil exalted existence eyes false fame fear feeling fool French Revolution genius give hand happens heart heaven hero honour hope Hudibras hypocrisy ignorance inclined intellectual Juvenal knowledge ladies less live look Lord Byron Lordship Lucretius Madame De Stael matter means ment mind mode moral Muse nation nature never o'er observation occasion opinion ourselves perhaps philosopher pineal gland poem poet present pride principle profanum racter readers reason religion replied revenge ribaldry Rome ruin selfism sometimes soul strength sublime suspect sword talent thee things thou thought tion tism true truth virtue war Elephant weak whole wisdom women worse write
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Page 3 - Wife' set out in quest of lovers; Morality's prim personification, In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers; To others' share let 'female errors fall', For she had not even one - the worst of all.
Page 12 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Page 119 - Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Page 35 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Page 94 - How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear ? The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear...
Page 32 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 95 - Far from my sacred natal clime, I haste to an untimely grave ; The daring thoughts that soared sublime Are sunk in ocean's southern wave. Slave of the mine ! thy yellow light Gleams baleful as the tomb-fire drear.
Page 6 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong For early stomachs to prove wholesome food; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much, indeed, as to be downright rude; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
Page 44 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?