Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826 |
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... particular Venus has bor- rowed a law from her consort Mars . A woman that wishes to retain her suitor , must keep him in the trenches ; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of sup- plies , since a feast is more ...
... particular Venus has bor- rowed a law from her consort Mars . A woman that wishes to retain her suitor , must keep him in the trenches ; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of sup- plies , since a feast is more ...
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... particular moment when it is proposed . but to such it is evident that posterity can exist only in idea . And if it be asked , what the idea of posterity has done for us ? we may safely reply that it has done , and is doing two most ...
... particular moment when it is proposed . but to such it is evident that posterity can exist only in idea . And if it be asked , what the idea of posterity has done for us ? we may safely reply that it has done , and is doing two most ...
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... particular pursuit , than to lower those of his neighbours , and from the flimsiness of their structures , would slyly establish the solidity of his own . He would rather be the master of a hovel amidst ruins , than of a palace if ...
... particular pursuit , than to lower those of his neighbours , and from the flimsiness of their structures , would slyly establish the solidity of his own . He would rather be the master of a hovel amidst ruins , than of a palace if ...
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... is true , proposes to himself the same object , but arrives at it by a very different route . Provided only that he gets on , he is not particular whether he effects it where there is a road , or where there 28 MANY THINGS.
... is true , proposes to himself the same object , but arrives at it by a very different route . Provided only that he gets on , he is not particular whether he effects it where there is a road , or where there 28 MANY THINGS.
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... particular circumstance , namely , that one exception to each of the assertions advanced above , must necessarily be as fatal to the annihilating clause which is inferred from them , as one million . For if there be any force in that ...
... particular circumstance , namely , that one exception to each of the assertions advanced above , must necessarily be as fatal to the annihilating clause which is inferred from them , as one million . For if there be any force in that ...
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Página 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.
Página 12 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 94 - How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear ? The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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?