Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side vii
... nations , reforms them too . On subjects indeed , on which mankind have been thinking for so many thou- sands of years , it will often happen , that whatever is absolutely new , may have the inisfortune to be abso- • When Horace shouts ...
... nations , reforms them too . On subjects indeed , on which mankind have been thinking for so many thou- sands of years , it will often happen , that whatever is absolutely new , may have the inisfortune to be abso- • When Horace shouts ...
Side 21
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. nation of Charles the Tenth , and Colton , hearing of his arrival , said , " The Duke is on my ground , and must pay me contribution money . " Accord- ingly , he wrote a plaintive letter ...
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. nation of Charles the Tenth , and Colton , hearing of his arrival , said , " The Duke is on my ground , and must pay me contribution money . " Accord- ingly , he wrote a plaintive letter ...
Side 26
... nation of an injured people ; concluding with an Ad- dress to France : dedicated to the British army in Spain . 8vo . pp . 32. Hatchard , London , 1812 . 4. REMARKS ON THE TALENTS OF LORD BYRON , AND THE TENDENCIES OF DON JUAN . 8vo ...
... nation of an injured people ; concluding with an Ad- dress to France : dedicated to the British army in Spain . 8vo . pp . 32. Hatchard , London , 1812 . 4. REMARKS ON THE TALENTS OF LORD BYRON , AND THE TENDENCIES OF DON JUAN . 8vo ...
Side 27
... nations generally more poor , always more profligate , than it found them . There are real evils that cannot be brought into a list of indemnities , and the demoralizing in- fluence of war is not amongst the least of them . The triumphs ...
... nations generally more poor , always more profligate , than it found them . There are real evils that cannot be brought into a list of indemnities , and the demoralizing in- fluence of war is not amongst the least of them . The triumphs ...
Side 36
... nations . While on the contrary , he that has spent his whole life in travelling , who , like Scriblerus , has made his legs his compasses , rather than his judg- ment , may live and die a thorough novice in all the most important ...
... nations . While on the contrary , he that has spent his whole life in travelling , who , like Scriblerus , has made his legs his compasses , rather than his judg- ment , may live and die a thorough novice in all the most important ...
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