Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... body but be- hind it ; and as it proceeds , every moment increases the distance of those sluggards that are sleeping in the rear , but diminishes the distance of those heroes that have taken post in the van . Who then stands the best ...
... body but be- hind it ; and as it proceeds , every moment increases the distance of those sluggards that are sleeping in the rear , but diminishes the distance of those heroes that have taken post in the van . Who then stands the best ...
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... body should inherit wealth . This reflection will help us to a solution of that question that has been so often and so triumphantly proposed , " What has posterity ever done for us ? This sophism may be replied to thus . Who is it that ...
... body should inherit wealth . This reflection will help us to a solution of that question that has been so often and so triumphantly proposed , " What has posterity ever done for us ? This sophism may be replied to thus . Who is it that ...
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... body of men . The fact is , that the whole Civil Code is now become a most unwieldy machine , without the least chance of being improved , for to those who manage its movements , its value rises in precise proportion to its complication ...
... body of men . The fact is , that the whole Civil Code is now become a most unwieldy machine , without the least chance of being improved , for to those who manage its movements , its value rises in precise proportion to its complication ...
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... body , manly in the adult , sick and debilitated by disease , enfeebled in the decline of life , doting in decrepitude , and annihilated by death . " Now it so happens that out of all the positions which make the links in this ...
... body , manly in the adult , sick and debilitated by disease , enfeebled in the decline of life , doting in decrepitude , and annihilated by death . " Now it so happens that out of all the positions which make the links in this ...
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... body , it is sometimes manly in the adult , sometimes sick and debilitated by disease , sometimes enfeebled in the de- cline of life , sometimes doting in decrepitude , and sometimes annihilated by death !!! But if the mind be only ...
... body , it is sometimes manly in the adult , sometimes sick and debilitated by disease , sometimes enfeebled in the de- cline of life , sometimes doting in decrepitude , and sometimes annihilated by death !!! But if the mind be only ...
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Sida 3 - Wife' set out in quest of lovers; Morality's prim personification, In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers; To others' share let 'female errors fall', For she had not even one - the worst of all.
Sida 12 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Sida 119 - Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Sida 35 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Sida 94 - How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear ? The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear...
Sida 32 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Sida 95 - Far from my sacred natal clime, I haste to an untimely grave ; The daring thoughts that soared sublime Are sunk in ocean's southern wave. Slave of the mine ! thy yellow light Gleams baleful as the tomb-fire drear.
Sida 6 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong For early stomachs to prove wholesome food; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much, indeed, as to be downright rude; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
Sida 44 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?