Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... readers , that whatever faults LACON may possess belong to me alone , and having said thus much , I believe I shall not have made a very good bargain , by claiming also whatever trifling merits may be found in the book . To those ...
... readers , that whatever faults LACON may possess belong to me alone , and having said thus much , I believe I shall not have made a very good bargain , by claiming also whatever trifling merits may be found in the book . To those ...
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... reader I presume will accuse an author of adopting the anti- thetical style from laziness , and to those who would ask ... readers in good humour with antithesis , I must either give them up as incorrigible , or prescribe to them a regu ...
... reader I presume will accuse an author of adopting the anti- thetical style from laziness , and to those who would ask ... readers in good humour with antithesis , I must either give them up as incorrigible , or prescribe to them a regu ...
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... readers , and may perhaps be new to some . Sir Robert wished to carry a favourite measure in the House of Commons . None under- stood better than this minister , two grand secrets of state , - the great power of principal , and the ...
... readers , and may perhaps be new to some . Sir Robert wished to carry a favourite measure in the House of Commons . None under- stood better than this minister , two grand secrets of state , - the great power of principal , and the ...
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... readers devoid of taste , and dull readers think witty writers devoid of brilliance ; old men can see nothing to admire in the present days ; and yet former days were not better , but it is they themselves that have become worse . XXXVI ...
... readers devoid of taste , and dull readers think witty writers devoid of brilliance ; old men can see nothing to admire in the present days ; and yet former days were not better , but it is they themselves that have become worse . XXXVI ...
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... readers would more justly award correction . But if we may be allowed to compare intellectual wealth to current , we may say that from a man's speaking , we may guess how much ready money he has ; from his reading what legacies have ...
... readers would more justly award correction . But if we may be allowed to compare intellectual wealth to current , we may say that from a man's speaking , we may guess how much ready money he has ; from his reading what legacies have ...
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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?