Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side 26
... beauty will tempt others , her po- verty herself . * No Deity is absent , if prudence is with thee .-- PUB . + Thou art deserted of Heaven , if prudence is with thee . - PUB . So with Power , like the diamond , dazzles the beholder , 26 ...
... beauty will tempt others , her po- verty herself . * No Deity is absent , if prudence is with thee .-- PUB . + Thou art deserted of Heaven , if prudence is with thee . - PUB . So with Power , like the diamond , dazzles the beholder , 26 ...
Side 41
... beauty that increases with age , and which must continue to captivate genera- tions . In short , wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty , remedy from poison . In her hands , all things become beautiful by ...
... beauty that increases with age , and which must continue to captivate genera- tions . In short , wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty , remedy from poison . In her hands , all things become beautiful by ...
Side 64
... beauty of the scene ! to me it is a desert ; but you are free ; return to your countrymen , revisit your father , that he may again rejoice when he sees the sun rise in the morning , and the trees blossom in the spring ! ' False ...
... beauty of the scene ! to me it is a desert ; but you are free ; return to your countrymen , revisit your father , that he may again rejoice when he sees the sun rise in the morning , and the trees blossom in the spring ! ' False ...
Side 81
... , yet apparently in all the ease of private confidence , but which the writer meant one day to publish , may be compared to that dishabille in which a beauty would wish you to believe you have surprised her , LACON . 81.
... , yet apparently in all the ease of private confidence , but which the writer meant one day to publish , may be compared to that dishabille in which a beauty would wish you to believe you have surprised her , LACON . 81.
Side 85
... beauty , and increasing its fragrance . If dissimulation is ever to be pardoned , it is that which men have recourse to , in order to obtain situations which may enlarge their sphere of gene- ral usefulness , and afford the power of ...
... beauty , and increasing its fragrance . If dissimulation is ever to be pardoned , it is that which men have recourse to , in order to obtain situations which may enlarge their sphere of gene- ral usefulness , and afford the power of ...
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