Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page iv
... falsely applied ; and none are so likely to be so , as those that from having been found capable of effecting so much , are expected to perform all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ac- complishes with ...
... falsely applied ; and none are so likely to be so , as those that from having been found capable of effecting so much , are expected to perform all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ac- complishes with ...
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... false con❤ clusions , I admit that no mercy ought to be shown to these , and I con- sign them , without benefit of clergy to the severest sentence of criticism VOL . II . B observed elsewhere , that no swindler has assumed so many ...
... false con❤ clusions , I admit that no mercy ought to be shown to these , and I con- sign them , without benefit of clergy to the severest sentence of criticism VOL . II . B observed elsewhere , that no swindler has assumed so many ...
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... false one . XLIV . WE pity those that have lost their eyes , because they 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 ...
... false one . XLIV . WE pity those that have lost their eyes , because they 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 ...
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... false in its premises , absurd in its conclusions , and calamitous in its consequences , it must fall ; we cannot desire it , because it has nothing to allure , and we cannot believe it , because it has nothing to convince . The ...
... false in its premises , absurd in its conclusions , and calamitous in its consequences , it must fall ; we cannot desire it , because it has nothing to allure , and we cannot believe it , because it has nothing to convince . The ...
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... false as they are true . And this is more than we want ; for I must beg my reader's attention to this particular circumstance , namely , that one exception to each of the assertions advanced above , must necessarily be as fatal to the ...
... false as they are true . And this is more than we want ; for I must beg my reader's attention to this particular circumstance , namely , that one exception to each of the assertions advanced above , must necessarily be as fatal to the ...
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