Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page iv
... perform all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ac- complishes with them ; but he sometimes fails , for although his instruments are of general , they are not of universal application . There are two prin ...
... perform all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ac- complishes with them ; but he sometimes fails , for although his instruments are of general , they are not of universal application . There are two prin ...
Page 7
... performed by others , than good mo- tives for bad actions , when performed by ourselves . * I have * As this volume opens with a double antithesis , I hope I may be per- mitted to offer a few remarks on this subject , in a note . In the ...
... performed by others , than good mo- tives for bad actions , when performed by ourselves . * I have * As this volume opens with a double antithesis , I hope I may be per- mitted to offer a few remarks on this subject , in a note . In the ...
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... performs the least . This machine devours an immensity of paper in the shape of bank notes , and returns to its customers other paper in the shape of legal instruments and documents , from which on examination nothing can be learnt ...
... performs the least . This machine devours an immensity of paper in the shape of bank notes , and returns to its customers other paper in the shape of legal instruments and documents , from which on examination nothing can be learnt ...
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... performs all these im- portant functions at the will of another ; and the only polite phrase I know of , which often means more than it says , that which has been adopted as the conclusion of our epistles ; where for the word servant ...
... performs all these im- portant functions at the will of another ; and the only polite phrase I know of , which often means more than it says , that which has been adopted as the conclusion of our epistles ; where for the word servant ...
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... performed ; and it does not , as many have supposed , necessarily in volve the doctrine of materialism to affirm , that certain disorders of that organ are capable of disturbing those operations . If the most skilful musician in the ...
... performed ; and it does not , as many have supposed , necessarily in volve the doctrine of materialism to affirm , that certain disorders of that organ are capable of disturbing those operations . If the most skilful musician in the ...
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