Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 pages |
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... thought to write , and they may possibly cost others some to read them . Like Demosthenes , who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task with the hope of instructing others with the certainty * It 14 of improving myself ...
... thought to write , and they may possibly cost others some to read them . Like Demosthenes , who talked Greek to the waves , I have continued my task with the hope of instructing others with the certainty * It 14 of improving myself ...
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... thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean which drinks up the muddy water of the rivers , from the flood , but replenishes them with the clearest from the shower . These reflections , however they may tend to ...
... thoughts of others , with far brighter of their own ; like the ocean which drinks up the muddy water of the rivers , from the flood , but replenishes them with the clearest from the shower . These reflections , however they may tend to ...
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... thought , even that is a good . I despise dogma- tism in others too much to indulge it myself : I have not been led to these opinions by the authority of great names : for I have always considered rather what is said than who says it ...
... thought , even that is a good . I despise dogma- tism in others too much to indulge it myself : I have not been led to these opinions by the authority of great names : for I have always considered rather what is said than who says it ...
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... thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and writ- ten more than he has published , if he does not com- mand success , has at least deserved it . In the article of rejection and abridgment , we must be severe for ...
... thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and writ- ten more than he has published , if he does not com- mand success , has at least deserved it . In the article of rejection and abridgment , we must be severe for ...
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... it ; it is true , I have given the subject all the attention I thought it deserved , but others may be more fortunate in their methods of investigation . Bat that I may not appear singular in such conclu 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
... it ; it is true , I have given the subject all the attention I thought it deserved , but others may be more fortunate in their methods of investigation . Bat that I may not appear singular in such conclu 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Affichage du livre entier - 1851 |
Lacon: Or Many Thngs in Few Words;addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
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