Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side 24
... earth , When all worth knowing never can be known , And all that can be known , alas ! is nothing worth ? Untaught by saint , by cynic , or by sage , And all the spoils of Time that load the shelves , We do not quit - but change our ...
... earth , When all worth knowing never can be known , And all that can be known , alas ! is nothing worth ? Untaught by saint , by cynic , or by sage , And all the spoils of Time that load the shelves , We do not quit - but change our ...
Side 35
... earth , raises our thoughts from earth to heaven . When the great Kepler had at length discovered the harmonic laws that regulate the motions of the heavenly bodies , he exclaimed , ' Whether my dis- coveries will be read by posterity ...
... earth , raises our thoughts from earth to heaven . When the great Kepler had at length discovered the harmonic laws that regulate the motions of the heavenly bodies , he exclaimed , ' Whether my dis- coveries will be read by posterity ...
Side 40
... earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivalled influence , every safety from danger , resource from sterility , and subjugated passion , ' like the wind and storm , fulfilling his word . ' Even human knowledge is permitted to ...
... earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivalled influence , every safety from danger , resource from sterility , and subjugated passion , ' like the wind and storm , fulfilling his word . ' Even human knowledge is permitted to ...
Side 74
... earth ; and , therefore , it is on earth alone , that as nations , they can be punished or rewarded ; but individuals will exist in another state , and in that they will meet a full and final retribution . It is a moral obligation ...
... earth ; and , therefore , it is on earth alone , that as nations , they can be punished or rewarded ; but individuals will exist in another state , and in that they will meet a full and final retribution . It is a moral obligation ...
Side 86
... earth , he began to walk , not only firm , but per fectly upright . On some one remarking to him on this sudden change , he observed , while I was look- ing for the keys of St. Peter , it was necessary to stoop , but having found them ...
... earth , he began to walk , not only firm , but per fectly upright . On some one remarking to him on this sudden change , he observed , while I was look- ing for the keys of St. Peter , it was necessary to stoop , but having found them ...
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