Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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... happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich ; and is the mere jailer of his house , and the turnkey of his wealth . Em- poverished by his gold , he slaves ...
... happiness , and by a common but morbid association , he continues to accumulate it as an end . He lives poor , to die rich ; and is the mere jailer of his house , and the turnkey of his wealth . Em- poverished by his gold , he slaves ...
Side 33
... happiness of others , perhaps himself enjoys the safest happi- ness , and he that is warned by all the folly of others , has perhaps attained the soundest wisdom . But such is the purblind egotism , and the suicidal selfishness of ...
... happiness of others , perhaps himself enjoys the safest happi- ness , and he that is warned by all the folly of others , has perhaps attained the soundest wisdom . But such is the purblind egotism , and the suicidal selfishness of ...
Side 57
... too long , we shall find that both are soured by age Let our happiness , therefore , be a modest mansion. Past We * Save it ' till the lost .-- PUB . + King of Corsica . * The great Howard , on the contrary , was LACON 57.
... too long , we shall find that both are soured by age Let our happiness , therefore , be a modest mansion. Past We * Save it ' till the lost .-- PUB . + King of Corsica . * The great Howard , on the contrary , was LACON 57.
Side 58
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. Let our happiness , therefore , be a modest mansion , which we can inhabit while we have our health and vigour to enjoy it ; not a fabric , so vast and expen- sive that it has cost us ...
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. Let our happiness , therefore , be a modest mansion , which we can inhabit while we have our health and vigour to enjoy it ; not a fabric , so vast and expen- sive that it has cost us ...
Side 67
... happiness ; but none are going by the same road . A king of England has an interest in preserving the freedom of the press , because it is his interest to know the true state of the nation , which the courtiers would fain conceal , but ...
... happiness ; but none are going by the same road . A king of England has an interest in preserving the freedom of the press , because it is his interest to know the true state of the nation , which the courtiers would fain conceal , but ...
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absurd admiration Æschylus affirm ancient Arcesilaus Aristippus Aristotle atheism attempt beauty blind body Caligula Carneades cause Christian Cicero Colton common danger death deserve despise discovered Doctor Johnson earth enemies enjoy envy Epicurus equally error evil exclaimed false fear fool genius give greatest hand happens happiness head heart heaven highwayman honour human hypocrisy ignorance intellectual Juvenal king knave knowledge labour Lacon less liberty live Lord Lord Peterborough Madame de Stael matter means ment mind mode moral Napoleon nation nature never object observed occasion opinion ourselves passions perforin perhaps philosopher pleasure poet Pompey possess praise present pride principle produce prove reason receive religion replied revenge reward rich ruined Sampford Peverell seldom Septuagint society sophism talent things thought tion Tiverton true truth vice virtue Voltaire weak whig whole wisdom wise write