Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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... less than virtue , not unfre quently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party demands too much , and the other is inclined to concede too little , an arbitrator will please neither , by recommending such measures as ...
... less than virtue , not unfre quently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party demands too much , and the other is inclined to concede too little , an arbitrator will please neither , by recommending such measures as ...
Side xii
... less prevalence of which , gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly , but think deep- ly , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immortalize an author . The es- says of ...
... less prevalence of which , gives individuality to character . But we must not only express clearly , but think deep- ly , nor can we concede to Buffon that style alone is that quality that will immortalize an author . The es- says of ...
Side 18
... less attractive ; if she were always exhibited to us , like the drunken Helot to the youths of Sparta , in her true and disgusting shape . It is fitting , that what is foul within , should be foul also without . To give the semblance of ...
... less attractive ; if she were always exhibited to us , like the drunken Helot to the youths of Sparta , in her true and disgusting shape . It is fitting , that what is foul within , should be foul also without . To give the semblance of ...
Side 20
... less civilized and refined . - Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvable in power . But in the just appreciation of this power men are too apt to be deceived . Nothing , for instance , is more common than to see rank or ...
... less civilized and refined . - Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvable in power . But in the just appreciation of this power men are too apt to be deceived . Nothing , for instance , is more common than to see rank or ...
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Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. • finding it less difficult to be eccentric , than to be brilliant , have therefore adopted the one , in hopes that the world would give them credit for the other . But the greatest ...
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. • finding it less difficult to be eccentric , than to be brilliant , have therefore adopted the one , in hopes that the world would give them credit for the other . But the greatest ...
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