Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side ii
... prove so to be . He has also , for the satisfaction of that large class of readers woo have not studied the language , had the numerous Latir quotations in the work translated , and put in the form of notes , at the bottom of each page ...
... prove so to be . He has also , for the satisfaction of that large class of readers woo have not studied the language , had the numerous Latir quotations in the work translated , and put in the form of notes , at the bottom of each page ...
Side v
... prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as unlikely to receive , adulation . But Posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is extremely ...
... prove a patron of the soundest judgment , as unwilling to give , as unlikely to receive , adulation . But Posterity is not a very accessible personage ; he knows the high value of that which he gives , he therefore is extremely ...
Side xiii
... proved that my book has been purchased at least by the many ; and I have testimonies far more gratifying , that it has not been disapproved of by the few . He that aspires to pro- duce a work that shall instruct and amuse the un learned ...
... proved that my book has been purchased at least by the many ; and I have testimonies far more gratifying , that it has not been disapproved of by the few . He that aspires to pro- duce a work that shall instruct and amuse the un learned ...
Side 2
... prove , that certain occurrences which took place at a house near Tiverton , originated in supernatural agency . " These occurrences took place , however , not at Stamford , but in the village of Sampford Peverell , in the county of ...
... prove , that certain occurrences which took place at a house near Tiverton , originated in supernatural agency . " These occurrences took place , however , not at Stamford , but in the village of Sampford Peverell , in the county of ...
Side 4
... proving these effects to be human , that I stand en- gaged to forfeit a very considerable sum to the poor of my parish , whenever this business now going on at Sampford shall be made appear to have been produced by any human art or ...
... proving these effects to be human , that I stand en- gaged to forfeit a very considerable sum to the poor of my parish , whenever this business now going on at Sampford shall be made appear to have been produced by any human art or ...
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