Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side v
... who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task , with the hope of instructing others with the certainty of improving myself . Labor ipse voluptas . * It 1 * PREFACE . being as derogatory to the writer, as dull to ...
... who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task , with the hope of instructing others with the certainty of improving myself . Labor ipse voluptas . * It 1 * PREFACE . being as derogatory to the writer, as dull to ...
Side ix
... hope nor the fear , that my opinions on poli- tics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few discerning friends , is all the reward I wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the ...
... hope nor the fear , that my opinions on poli- tics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few discerning friends , is all the reward I wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the ...
Side xii
... hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or presuming to deliver any thing here advanced , as oracular , magisterial , dictatorial , or ' ex cathedra . ' I have no opinions that I would ...
... hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or presuming to deliver any thing here advanced , as oracular , magisterial , dictatorial , or ' ex cathedra . ' I have no opinions that I would ...
Side xiii
... hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young . There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive instruction with gratitude , as for instance , a knowledge of the lan- guages , or of the mathematics , because ...
... hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young . There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive instruction with gratitude , as for instance , a knowledge of the lan- guages , or of the mathematics , because ...
Side xiv
... hope what little encouragement I have met with may stimulate those to attempt something better , who are deeply conversant , not only with the living , but with the dead - not only with books , but with men - not only with the hearts of ...
... hope what little encouragement I have met with may stimulate those to attempt something better , who are deeply conversant , not only with the living , but with the dead - not only with books , but with men - not only with the hearts of ...
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