Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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... occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or presuming to deliver any thing here presuming advanced , as oracular , magisterial , dictatorial , or ex cathedra . I have no opinions that I would not most villingly exchange for truth ; I may ...
... occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or presuming to deliver any thing here presuming advanced , as oracular , magisterial , dictatorial , or ex cathedra . I have no opinions that I would not most villingly exchange for truth ; I may ...
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... occasion . " The circumstance alluded to in the above ex- tract was very extraordinary , and it is well worthy of being related here . Among Colton's sporting companions was a very abandoned Devonshire squire , who had squandered a fine ...
... occasion . " The circumstance alluded to in the above ex- tract was very extraordinary , and it is well worthy of being related here . Among Colton's sporting companions was a very abandoned Devonshire squire , who had squandered a fine ...
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... occasion he mounted the pulpit and preached in gray trowsers , when no less a personage than the King of Hanover was present . A few days after , he was invited to dine with the King , who had publicly expressed himself as shock- ed at ...
... occasion he mounted the pulpit and preached in gray trowsers , when no less a personage than the King of Hanover was present . A few days after , he was invited to dine with the King , who had publicly expressed himself as shock- ed at ...
Side 51
... Alexander dragged the Pythian . priestess to the temple on a forbidden day . She exclaimed , ' My son , thou art invincible , which was oracle enough for him . On a second occasion he cut the Gordian knot which others had in vain LACON .
... Alexander dragged the Pythian . priestess to the temple on a forbidden day . She exclaimed , ' My son , thou art invincible , which was oracle enough for him . On a second occasion he cut the Gordian knot which others had in vain LACON .
Side 58
... occasion for a habitation than a tomb . It has been well observed , that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy . Let us do nothing to forfeit his esteem , and treat him with respect , not with ser ...
... occasion for a habitation than a tomb . It has been well observed , that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy . Let us do nothing to forfeit his esteem , and treat him with respect , not with ser ...
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