Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... effect the greatest ge- neral good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest individual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is ...
... effect the greatest ge- neral good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest individual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is ...
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... effect is of necessity very small . But , she adds , as soon as permission is given to read either what we have written for ourselves , or what others have written for us , men of eminence are no longer the permanent leaders of an ...
... effect is of necessity very small . But , she adds , as soon as permission is given to read either what we have written for ourselves , or what others have written for us , men of eminence are no longer the permanent leaders of an ...
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... effects of that hatred his indifference had excited in the breast of the other . As a policiser , the marquis reasoned badly ; for had he bcen right in his conclusion , it would have been no difficult matter for him , on the ladies ...
... effects of that hatred his indifference had excited in the breast of the other . As a policiser , the marquis reasoned badly ; for had he bcen right in his conclusion , it would have been no difficult matter for him , on the ladies ...
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... , it is true , proposes to himself the same object , but arrives at it by a very different route . Provided only that he gets on , he is not particular whether he effects it where there is a road , or where there 28 MANY THINGS.
... , it is true , proposes to himself the same object , but arrives at it by a very different route . Provided only that he gets on , he is not particular whether he effects it where there is a road , or where there 28 MANY THINGS.
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... effects operat- ing upon the brain , will completely and instantly destroy the powers of vision , the optic nerve and the eye both re- maining unaltered , and undisturbed . How then are these effects produced ; are their causes always ...
... effects operat- ing upon the brain , will completely and instantly destroy the powers of vision , the optic nerve and the eye both re- maining unaltered , and undisturbed . How then are these effects produced ; are their causes always ...
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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?