Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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... passions , and a long life of sensuality , affluence , and indulgence , immediately replied , ' That he should be most happy to be so forsaken . ' evident this observation applies only to those nations that are 72 24 LACON .
... passions , and a long life of sensuality , affluence , and indulgence , immediately replied , ' That he should be most happy to be so forsaken . ' evident this observation applies only to those nations that are 72 24 LACON .
Side 82
... replied , he would certainly have conquer- ed , and as certainly have died ; but he wisely pre- ferred a defeat that saved his life , to a victory that would have cost it . It proceeds rather from revenge than malice , when we hear a ...
... replied , he would certainly have conquer- ed , and as certainly have died ; but he wisely pre- ferred a defeat that saved his life , to a victory that would have cost it . It proceeds rather from revenge than malice , when we hear a ...
Side 83
... replied , I and the world happened to have a slight difference of opinion ; the world said I was mad , and I said the world was mad ; I was outvoted , and here I am Villains are usually the worst casuists , and rush into greater crimes ...
... replied , I and the world happened to have a slight difference of opinion ; the world said I was mad , and I said the world was mad ; I was outvoted , and here I am Villains are usually the worst casuists , and rush into greater crimes ...
Side 90
... replied , that it might be owing to the greatness of their distance . ' Tele- scopes were discovered , and then it was found that he was right , and knowledge changed that into a confirmation , which ignorance had advanced as an 6 ...
... replied , that it might be owing to the greatness of their distance . ' Tele- scopes were discovered , and then it was found that he was right , and knowledge changed that into a confirmation , which ignorance had advanced as an 6 ...
Side 92
... replied Voltaire , perhaps we are both mistaken . ' Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its sha- dow ; but the misfortune is , that in this particular case , the substance belongs to the shadow , the emp- tiness to its cause . By ...
... replied Voltaire , perhaps we are both mistaken . ' Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its sha- dow ; but the misfortune is , that in this particular case , the substance belongs to the shadow , the emp- tiness to its cause . By ...
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