The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, المجلد 1John Taylor Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
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... defeat themselves ; excessive rage renders men impotent to execute the mischiefs which they threaten ; repeated treacheries make them unable to de- ceive , because none will trust them ; and extreme 1 * THE POCKET LACON, ...
... defeat themselves ; excessive rage renders men impotent to execute the mischiefs which they threaten ; repeated treacheries make them unable to de- ceive , because none will trust them ; and extreme 1 * THE POCKET LACON, ...
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... rendered necessary , in forty - nine cases out of fifty , not by nature but by educa- tion : by false or neglected education ; by a neglect to train the body and the mind , as , under favourable circum- stances , they may most easily ...
... rendered necessary , in forty - nine cases out of fifty , not by nature but by educa- tion : by false or neglected education ; by a neglect to train the body and the mind , as , under favourable circum- stances , they may most easily ...
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... render customs venerable . It was a sufficient sanction to an ancient Greek or Roman , if a philosopher of his own sect had delivered an opinion upon the case . The like weakness has prevailed among Christians , with regard to the ...
... render customs venerable . It was a sufficient sanction to an ancient Greek or Roman , if a philosopher of his own sect had delivered an opinion upon the case . The like weakness has prevailed among Christians , with regard to the ...
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... rendered sufficiently extensive in a country , the machinery of government goes easily on . Reason obeys itself , and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it . The two modes of government which pre- vail in the world , are ...
... rendered sufficiently extensive in a country , the machinery of government goes easily on . Reason obeys itself , and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it . The two modes of government which pre- vail in the world , are ...
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... render other men , equally wealthy with himself , subservient to his wishes ; but let him increase his own wealth , and then he will be able to extend his influence over those who were formerly his equals ; consequently they are ...
... render other men , equally wealthy with himself , subservient to his wishes ; but let him increase his own wealth , and then he will be able to extend his influence over those who were formerly his equals ; consequently they are ...
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