Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page i
... are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive in- struction with gratitude , as for instance a know- ledge of the languages , or of the mathematics , because his pride is not wounded by an admission of INTRODUCTION ...
... are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive in- struction with gratitude , as for instance a know- ledge of the languages , or of the mathematics , because his pride is not wounded by an admission of INTRODUCTION ...
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Charles Caleb Colton. because his pride is not wounded by an admission of his ignorance , as to those sciences to which he has never been introduced . But if you propose to teach him any thing new concerning himself the world , and those ...
Charles Caleb Colton. because his pride is not wounded by an admission of his ignorance , as to those sciences to which he has never been introduced . But if you propose to teach him any thing new concerning himself the world , and those ...
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... pride , Łe labours less to exalt his particular pursuit , than to lower those of his neighbours , and from the flimsiness of their structures , would slyly establish the solidity of his own , He would rather be the master of a hovel ...
... pride , Łe labours less to exalt his particular pursuit , than to lower those of his neighbours , and from the flimsiness of their structures , would slyly establish the solidity of his own , He would rather be the master of a hovel ...
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... PRIDE differs in many things from vanity , and by gradations that never blend , although they may be somewhat indistinguishable . * Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves , founded on the overrating of certain ...
... PRIDE differs in many things from vanity , and by gradations that never blend , although they may be somewhat indistinguishable . * Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves , founded on the overrating of certain ...
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... pride of the Harem has ceased to please as the mistress , precisely at the moment when she might begin to interest as the friend . For that alliance may be said to have a double tie , where the minds are united , as well as the body ...
... pride of the Harem has ceased to please as the mistress , precisely at the moment when she might begin to interest as the friend . For that alliance may be said to have a double tie , where the minds are united , as well as the body ...
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