Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side 22
... matters of public moment , where both parties are at a stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescensions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , inasmuch as he purchases guineas with farthings . A few ...
... matters of public moment , where both parties are at a stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescensions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , inasmuch as he purchases guineas with farthings . A few ...
Side 35
... matter that concerns them , more than me . I may well be contented to wait one cen- tury for a reader , when God himself , during so many thousand years , has waited for an observer like myself . ' 6 Ambition is to the mind , what the ...
... matter that concerns them , more than me . I may well be contented to wait one cen- tury for a reader , when God himself , during so many thousand years , has waited for an observer like myself . ' 6 Ambition is to the mind , what the ...
Side 59
... matters of religion , when I cannot even make a few watches keep time together ! ' His vellem potius nugis tota ista dedisset ' Tempora sævitæ . ' Adroit observers will find , that some who affect to dislike flattery , may yet be ...
... matters of religion , when I cannot even make a few watches keep time together ! ' His vellem potius nugis tota ista dedisset ' Tempora sævitæ . ' Adroit observers will find , that some who affect to dislike flattery , may yet be ...
Side 78
... matter by painting the grenadier to the picture . To change the illus- tration , we might say , that theories may be admired for the ingenuity that has been displayed in build- ing them ; but they are better for a lodging than a ...
... matter by painting the grenadier to the picture . To change the illus- tration , we might say , that theories may be admired for the ingenuity that has been displayed in build- ing them ; but they are better for a lodging than a ...
Side 97
... matters little what else they have lost , but if they have lost his favour , it matters little what else they have gained . The second argument in sup- port of the ultimate superiority of virtue is this : We are so framed and ...
... matters little what else they have lost , but if they have lost his favour , it matters little what else they have gained . The second argument in sup- port of the ultimate superiority of virtue is this : We are so framed and ...
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