The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, Том 1John Taylor Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
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... , or with St. Stephen's fate by an ig- norant mob . No improvement of importance has ever been proposed , which was not at the first onset denounced as blasphemous , treasonable and absurd . — London Uni- 8 SELECT PASSAGES.
... , or with St. Stephen's fate by an ig- norant mob . No improvement of importance has ever been proposed , which was not at the first onset denounced as blasphemous , treasonable and absurd . — London Uni- 8 SELECT PASSAGES.
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... improvements in the secret practice of vice . The best effect ever produced by such means is the acquisition of outward decency in the operations of vice ; the fear of pain or reproach having given them cau- tion and dexterity in the ...
... improvements in the secret practice of vice . The best effect ever produced by such means is the acquisition of outward decency in the operations of vice ; the fear of pain or reproach having given them cau- tion and dexterity in the ...
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... improvement was ever obtained in a period of tranquillity . The corrupt interest of the go- vernment is so strong , and the cry of the people so feeble , that it were vain to expect it . If the effervescence of the popular mind is ...
... improvement was ever obtained in a period of tranquillity . The corrupt interest of the go- vernment is so strong , and the cry of the people so feeble , that it were vain to expect it . If the effervescence of the popular mind is ...
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... improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . - Johnson . CXLVIII . Humanity . The most eloquent speaker , the most in- genious writer , and the most accomplished statesman , can- not effect so much as the mere presence of the man ...
... improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . - Johnson . CXLVIII . Humanity . The most eloquent speaker , the most in- genious writer , and the most accomplished statesman , can- not effect so much as the mere presence of the man ...
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... improving . In France , they look upon every man as a gloomy mortal , whose tongue does not make an uninterrupted noise . Both these judg- ments are unjust . — Ibid . CLIX . Times and Opportunities . - As we ought to be more frugal of ...
... improving . In France , they look upon every man as a gloomy mortal , whose tongue does not make an uninterrupted noise . Both these judg- ments are unjust . — Ibid . CLIX . Times and Opportunities . - As we ought to be more frugal of ...
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