Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... 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 determined to do ...
... 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 determined to do ...
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... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Milton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; where all life dies ...
... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Milton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; where all life dies ...
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... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be added doubt . But should the doubt of futurity intro- duce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be added doubt . But should the doubt of futurity intro- duce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
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... greatest part of beings ( by which he afterwards gives us to under- stand he means impressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
... greatest part of beings ( by which he afterwards gives us to under- stand he means impressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
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... greatest moment abroad , by paltry jealousies at home . LXXXI . A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview , and his caution on a second ; but I should suspect his emptiness , if he carried on his reserve to a ...
... greatest moment abroad , by paltry jealousies at home . LXXXI . A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview , and his caution on a second ; but I should suspect his emptiness , if he carried on his reserve to a ...
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