Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity , would seem to be this . The friends of a great man were made by his fortunes , his enemies by himself , and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than ...
... reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity , would seem to be this . The friends of a great man were made by his fortunes , his enemies by himself , and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than ...
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... reason without being able to persuade , others can persuade without being able to reason ; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness , and others soar so high that they give us no light ; and some in a vain attempt to be cutting ...
... reason without being able to persuade , others can persuade without being able to reason ; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness , and others soar so high that they give us no light ; and some in a vain attempt to be cutting ...
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... reason is that men govern in France , but in England the Laws ; the women can influence the men , but they can have nothing to do with the laws , but to obey them . now see a certain class of young gentlemen in London 22 MÁNY THINGS.
... reason is that men govern in France , but in England the Laws ; the women can influence the men , but they can have nothing to do with the laws , but to obey them . now see a certain class of young gentlemen in London 22 MÁNY THINGS.
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... reason is , that the mentally blind too often claim to be sharp sighted , and in one respect are so , since they can perceive that in themselves which no one else can discover . Hence it hap- pens that they are not only indignant at the ...
... reason is , that the mentally blind too often claim to be sharp sighted , and in one respect are so , since they can perceive that in themselves which no one else can discover . Hence it hap- pens that they are not only indignant at the ...
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... reason re echoes back the truths of Revelation , and that the calmest assent of philosophy coincides with the firm ... reason , and its certainty is affirmed by Revelation . I shall confine myself altogether to such proofs as philosophy ...
... reason re echoes back the truths of Revelation , and that the calmest assent of philosophy coincides with the firm ... reason , and its certainty is affirmed by Revelation . I shall confine myself altogether to such proofs as philosophy ...
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