Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page 75
... beautiful as the rainbow , that smiling daughter of the storm ; but , like the mirage in the desert , she tantalizes us with a delusion that distance creates , and that contiguity destroys . Yet , when unsought , she is often found ...
... beautiful as the rainbow , that smiling daughter of the storm ; but , like the mirage in the desert , she tantalizes us with a delusion that distance creates , and that contiguity destroys . Yet , when unsought , she is often found ...
Page 98
... beautiful a gem . This ode of Doctor Leyden's , in my humble opinion , comes as near perfection as the sublunary Muse can arrive at , when aɛsisted by a subject that is inte- resting , and an execution that is masterly . It adds a ...
... beautiful a gem . This ode of Doctor Leyden's , in my humble opinion , comes as near perfection as the sublunary Muse can arrive at , when aɛsisted by a subject that is inte- resting , and an execution that is masterly . It adds a ...
Page 123
... beautiful than Virgil , as if Calliope traced the etymology . of her name , to her wrinkles , rather than her dimples . Voltaire carried this opinion so far that he seems to infer that distance of time might make a poet still more ...
... beautiful than Virgil , as if Calliope traced the etymology . of her name , to her wrinkles , rather than her dimples . Voltaire carried this opinion so far that he seems to infer that distance of time might make a poet still more ...
Page 145
... hands that are most zealous and vigilant in preserving this beautiful fabric from decay , would not be equally brave and energetic in defending it from danger . L CCIX . IT is much easier to ruin a man IN FEW WORDS . 145.
... hands that are most zealous and vigilant in preserving this beautiful fabric from decay , would not be equally brave and energetic in defending it from danger . L CCIX . IT is much easier to ruin a man IN FEW WORDS . 145.
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... beautiful , imposes a much harder task upon himself , than he that being determined not to see that which is the contrary , effects it , by simply shutting his eyes . CCLXV . ARE the interests of Science best promoted by a monarch , who ...
... beautiful , imposes a much harder task upon himself , than he that being determined not to see that which is the contrary , effects it , by simply shutting his eyes . CCLXV . ARE the interests of Science best promoted by a monarch , who ...
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