Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who ThinkLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 - 453 sivua |
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... contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse . Two things there are , confound the Poet's lays , The Scholar's censure - and the Blockhead's praise ; That glowing page with double lustre shines , " When Pope approves , and Dennis ...
... contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse . Two things there are , confound the Poet's lays , The Scholar's censure - and the Blockhead's praise ; That glowing page with double lustre shines , " When Pope approves , and Dennis ...
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... contain the very soul of the moral of history ; and then they are imperishable , and indestructible , worthy of being resorted to as a tower of strength in the storm , and spreading their effulgence over the tide of time , as a beacon ...
... contain the very soul of the moral of history ; and then they are imperishable , and indestructible , worthy of being resorted to as a tower of strength in the storm , and spreading their effulgence over the tide of time , as a beacon ...
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... containing some useful instruments , and many more that are superfluous . But a wise man will look into it for two purposes , to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful , and to admire L the ingenuity with which those ...
... containing some useful instruments , and many more that are superfluous . But a wise man will look into it for two purposes , to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful , and to admire L the ingenuity with which those ...
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... contain an account of the mode of making laurel - water by distillation . But the greatest discretion and shrewdness is necessary wherever cir- cumstances point one way , and testimony another , since probable false- hood will always be ...
... contain an account of the mode of making laurel - water by distillation . But the greatest discretion and shrewdness is necessary wherever cir- cumstances point one way , and testimony another , since probable false- hood will always be ...
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... contain the whole of my philosophy , and as they have not been worn out in the performance of one undertaking , I trust they will not fail me in the execution of another . REFLECTIONS , & c . & c . I. WE INTRODUCTION . V.
... contain the whole of my philosophy , and as they have not been worn out in the performance of one undertaking , I trust they will not fail me in the execution of another . REFLECTIONS , & c . & c . I. WE INTRODUCTION . V.
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2d Edition admiration affirm ancient attempt Author beauty body cause character Christian cloth common danger death despise discovery Doctor Johnson earth enemies England Engravings envy error evil fear fool FREDERIKA BREMER genius give greatest H.M. Treasury hand happens happiness heaven highwayman HISTORY honour HOWITT human ignorance illustrated improved J. C. LOUDON JOHN LINDLEY Juvenal king knave knowledge labour less liberty live London Lord Lord Peterborough MARY HOWITT matter means ment mind mode moral morocco nation nature never numerous object observed occasion opinion ourselves passions perhaps philosopher Plates pleasure poet possess post 8vo praise present pride principle produce prove readers reason receive religion replied revenge reward SAMUEL LAING seldom society talent things Thomas Creswick THOMAS KEIGHTLEY tion TREATISE true truth vice Vignette Titles virtue vols whole WILLIAM HOWITT wisdom wise Woodcuts write
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Sivu 22 - Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Sivu 13 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.
Sivu 17 - ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Sivu 17 - Britannicum abridged : Containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, Native and Foreign, Scientifically and Popularly Described ; with their Propagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the Species.
Sivu 23 - AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PALEOZOIC FOSSILS of CORNWALL, DEVON, and WEST SOMERSET; observed in the course of the Ordnance Geological Survey of that District. By JOHN PHILLIPS, FRS FGS &c.
Sivu 101 - And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it ; to this end I formed the following little prayer, which was prefixed to my tables of examination, for daily use.
Sivu 5 - Hints to Mothers, for the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room: With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.
Sivu 10 - MITCHELL'S ORNITHOLOGY -THE GENERA Of BIRDS ; comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of each Genus, and an extensive List of Species, referred to their several Genera. By GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Acad. Imp. Georg. Florent. Soc. Corresp. Senior Assistant of the Zoological Department, British Museum ; and Author of the " List of the Genera of Birds,
Sivu 69 - Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say...
Sivu 23 - TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs ; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By JON. PEREIRA, MDFRS & LS Author of