Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side iii
... never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if ap- plied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , Non trunco sed frondibus efficit umbram . ' * It is in literature as in finance - much paper ...
... never so powerful in quantity , and so weak in quality , as at the present day ; if ap- plied to it , the simile of Virgil must be reversed , Non trunco sed frondibus efficit umbram . ' * It is in literature as in finance - much paper ...
Side iv
... , should have no patrons but truth and reason . Even the at- tractive prose of Dryden , could not dignify dedica- tions ; and perhaps they ought never to be resorted to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to iv PREFACE .
... , should have no patrons but truth and reason . Even the at- tractive prose of Dryden , could not dignify dedica- tions ; and perhaps they ought never to be resorted to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to iv PREFACE .
Side xi
... , that in this particular instance , nothing can equal the in- gratitude of the public , who were never yet known to have the slightest compassion for those authors who printing , and shall be satisfied , if I have PREFACE .
... , that in this particular instance , nothing can equal the in- gratitude of the public , who were never yet known to have the slightest compassion for those authors who printing , and shall be satisfied , if I have PREFACE .
Side xiii
... never been introduced . But if you propose to teach him any thing new con- cerning himself , the world , and those who live in it , the case is widely altered . He finds that he has been conversant all his life with these things , sus ...
... never been introduced . But if you propose to teach him any thing new con- cerning himself , the world , and those who live in it , the case is widely altered . He finds that he has been conversant all his life with these things , sus ...
Side 21
... never could have raised themselves to it . An upright minister asks , what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister , who . The first consideration with a knave , is how to help himself , and the second , how to do it , with an appearance ...
... never could have raised themselves to it . An upright minister asks , what recommends a man ; a corrupt minister , who . The first consideration with a knave , is how to help himself , and the second , how to do it , with an appearance ...
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