Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side viii
... may be as aspiring as that of a bal- loon , is also as useless . I have neither spare time for superfluous writing , nor spare money for superfluous * The amending flumes . - PUB . sidered a Tory by the Whigs , and a Whig viii PREFACE .
... may be as aspiring as that of a bal- loon , is also as useless . I have neither spare time for superfluous writing , nor spare money for superfluous * The amending flumes . - PUB . sidered a Tory by the Whigs , and a Whig viii PREFACE .
Side ix
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. sidered a Tory by the Whigs , and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfre quently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party demands too ...
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. sidered a Tory by the Whigs , and a Whig by the Tories ; for truth , no less than virtue , not unfre quently forms the middle point between two extremes . Where one party demands too ...
Side 192
... whig ; the latter find- ing himself a little puzzled , Dr. Johnson tauntingly rejoin- ed , ' I see , sir , that you are even ignorant of the head of your own party , but I will tell you , sir : the devil was the first whig ; he was the ...
... whig ; the latter find- ing himself a little puzzled , Dr. Johnson tauntingly rejoin- ed , ' I see , sir , that you are even ignorant of the head of your own party , but I will tell you , sir : the devil was the first whig ; he was the ...
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