Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from it , appear to me to be just . I have consulted authors ancient and modern on this subject , and they seem to be all agreed that the ...
... presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from it , appear to me to be just . I have consulted authors ancient and modern on this subject , and they seem to be all agreed that the ...
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... present pur- pose , that I cannot refrain from relating it , as I conceive that it will be considered apposite by all my readers , and may perhaps be new to some . Sir Robert wished to carry a favourite measure in the House of Commons ...
... present pur- pose , that I cannot refrain from relating it , as I conceive that it will be considered apposite by all my readers , and may perhaps be new to some . Sir Robert wished to carry a favourite measure in the House of Commons ...
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... present generation of that particular moment when it is proposed : but to such it is evident that posterity can exist only in idea . And if it be asked , what the idea of posterity has done for us ? we may safely reply that it has done ...
... present generation of that particular moment when it is proposed : but to such it is evident that posterity can exist only in idea . And if it be asked , what the idea of posterity has done for us ? we may safely reply that it has done ...
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... present , and a learning that can look back into things that are past . But the poring pedant , who will slake his thirst only from antiquity , will find that it abounds with wells so deep , that some of them were not worth the digging ...
... present , and a learning that can look back into things that are past . But the poring pedant , who will slake his thirst only from antiquity , will find that it abounds with wells so deep , that some of them were not worth the digging ...
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... present are with their judgment , + So firm was the confidence reposed in this great man by the whole nation of France , that on his re - assumption of office , the French funds rose thirty per cent in one day . Had M. Necker had ...
... present are with their judgment , + So firm was the confidence reposed in this great man by the whole nation of France , that on his re - assumption of office , the French funds rose thirty per cent in one day . Had M. Necker had ...
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