Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... ourselves , a knowledge of others is built upon the sand . On this subject , however , nothing is more easy than to talk plausibly , and few things more difficult than to write profoundly ; thoroughly to suc- ceed ii INTRODUCTION .
... ourselves , a knowledge of others is built upon the sand . On this subject , however , nothing is more easy than to talk plausibly , and few things more difficult than to write profoundly ; thoroughly to suc- ceed ii INTRODUCTION .
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Charles Caleb Colton. difficult than to write profoundly ; thoroughly to suc- ceed , requires far more experience than I possess , or ever shall . I am however fully satisfied of the utility of a work similar to that in which I am en ...
Charles Caleb Colton. difficult than to write profoundly ; thoroughly to suc- ceed , requires far more experience than I possess , or ever shall . I am however fully satisfied of the utility of a work similar to that in which I am en ...
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... writing , I would say with the celebrated Painter , " try . " That I can abandon antithesis , on subjects where it is not required , will , I think be allowed , by those who have read the notes to Hypocrisy , and my remarks on Don Juan ...
... writing , I would say with the celebrated Painter , " try . " That I can abandon antithesis , on subjects where it is not required , will , I think be allowed , by those who have read the notes to Hypocrisy , and my remarks on Don Juan ...
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... write would instantly cease with their ability to read . They could neither draw , like Shakspeare , on ima- gination ; like Bacon , on reflection ; like Ben Jonson , on memory ; nor , like Milton , on all . These traffickers in ...
... write would instantly cease with their ability to read . They could neither draw , like Shakspeare , on ima- gination ; like Bacon , on reflection ; like Ben Jonson , on memory ; nor , like Milton , on all . These traffickers in ...
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... write nonsense in a clear style , and others sense in an obscure one ; some can 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 ...
... write nonsense in a clear style , and others sense in an obscure one ; some can 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 ...
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