Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side viii
... fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . In good truth , we should have a glo- rious conflagration , if all who cannot put fire into their works , would only consent to put their works in- to the fire . But this is an age of economy ...
... fools rush in , where angels fear to tread . In good truth , we should have a glo- rious conflagration , if all who cannot put fire into their works , would only consent to put their works in- to the fire . But this is an age of economy ...
Side 2
... fools who can be imposed on , are not confined to these days of Rochester knockings and spiritual rappings . A house in Sampford Peverell , owned conjointly by Messrs . Talley & Jennings , was occupied by one Chave , a huckster . The ...
... fools who can be imposed on , are not confined to these days of Rochester knockings and spiritual rappings . A house in Sampford Peverell , owned conjointly by Messrs . Talley & Jennings , was occupied by one Chave , a huckster . The ...
Side 34
... fool- ish ; ' Deperdit numerus , ' † of the wise . The fact is , that an honest man will continue to be so , though surrounded on all sides by rogues . The whole world is turned upside down once in twenty- four hours ; yet no one thinks ...
... fool- ish ; ' Deperdit numerus , ' † of the wise . The fact is , that an honest man will continue to be so , though surrounded on all sides by rogues . The whole world is turned upside down once in twenty- four hours ; yet no one thinks ...
Side 44
... fools , who are too dull to be employed , and knaves who are too sharp . The compound cha- racter is most common , and is that with which we shall have the most to do . As he that knows how to put proper words in proper places , evinces ...
... fools , who are too dull to be employed , and knaves who are too sharp . The compound cha- racter is most common , and is that with which we shall have the most to do . As he that knows how to put proper words in proper places , evinces ...
Side 56
... fools ; and , on this score , she has been accused of blindness ; but it should rather be ad- duced as a proof of her sagacity , when she helps those who certainly cannot help themselves . Literary prizes , and academical honours , are ...
... fools ; and , on this score , she has been accused of blindness ; but it should rather be ad- duced as a proof of her sagacity , when she helps those who certainly cannot help themselves . Literary prizes , and academical honours , are ...
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