Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... philosopher feels that he is above it ; the old will not quit the school of their own experience , and hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young . There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive in ...
... philosopher feels that he is above it ; the old will not quit the school of their own experience , and hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young . There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive in ...
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... philosopher , who has ex- plained such wonders from the two simple causes of impulse , and of gravity , in this case he must look out for maxims as universal as those occa- sions to which he would apply them . Perhaps he might begin by ...
... philosopher , who has ex- plained such wonders from the two simple causes of impulse , and of gravity , in this case he must look out for maxims as universal as those occa- sions to which he would apply them . Perhaps he might begin by ...
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... philosophers we are equally puffed up by our acquirements , and equally vain of But the fidler is more ingenuous than ... philosopher , with as much arrogance as the fidler , has a trifle more of circumspection . Proud of being thought ...
... philosophers we are equally puffed up by our acquirements , and equally vain of But the fidler is more ingenuous than ... philosopher , with as much arrogance as the fidler , has a trifle more of circumspection . Proud of being thought ...
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... philosophers , like travellers , are often far better informed as to what is going on abroad than at home . I blame not those who run to scale the wall of China , or the pyramids of Egypt , the cataracts of the Missouri , or the apex of ...
... philosophers , like travellers , are often far better informed as to what is going on abroad than at home . I blame not those who run to scale the wall of China , or the pyramids of Egypt , the cataracts of the Missouri , or the apex of ...
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... philosophers indeed scrutinized man in all his various bearings and con- nections , both as to his individual and social relations , as to his present capabilities , and future hopes . But although they have descanted so largely about ...
... philosophers indeed scrutinized man in all his various bearings and con- nections , both as to his individual and social relations , as to his present capabilities , and future hopes . But although they have descanted so largely about ...
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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?