Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side vi
... he that writes in a bad style is sure to retort in a worse . I have availed myself of examples both ancient and * Labour is itself a pleasure . - PUR . modern , wherever they appeared likely to illustrate , or VI PREFACE .
... he that writes in a bad style is sure to retort in a worse . I have availed myself of examples both ancient and * Labour is itself a pleasure . - PUR . modern , wherever they appeared likely to illustrate , or VI PREFACE .
Side 3
... , I am utterly unable to account for any of the phenomena I have there seen and heard , and labour at this moment under no small perplexity arising from a determination not lightly to admit of supernatural C. C. COLTON . 3.
... , I am utterly unable to account for any of the phenomena I have there seen and heard , and labour at this moment under no small perplexity arising from a determination not lightly to admit of supernatural C. C. COLTON . 3.
Side 40
... labour after her wages , is to receive them . Those that seek her early , will find her before it is late ; her reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man , is a little heaven commencing on earth ...
... labour after her wages , is to receive them . Those that seek her early , will find her before it is late ; her reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man , is a little heaven commencing on earth ...
Side 50
... labour and exertion seems to have been allotted us by Providence , as the con- dition of humanity . In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread ; this is a curse which has proved a blessing in disguise . And those favoured few ...
... labour and exertion seems to have been allotted us by Providence , as the con- dition of humanity . In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread ; this is a curse which has proved a blessing in disguise . And those favoured few ...
Side 51
... labour to dig , and ensure a still further accumulation of it when dug , have turned out to be richer mines to us , than those of Potosi and Peru . The posses- sors of the latter have been empoverished by their treasures , while we have ...
... labour to dig , and ensure a still further accumulation of it when dug , have turned out to be richer mines to us , than those of Potosi and Peru . The posses- sors of the latter have been empoverished by their treasures , while we have ...
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