The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, Том 1John Taylor Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
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... necessary to the well- being and preservation of the whole . It is attraction that plunges us in the ocean , dashes us against the rocks , tumbles us from the precipice , and pulls down the totter- ing fabric on our heads ; but it is ...
... necessary to the well- being and preservation of the whole . It is attraction that plunges us in the ocean , dashes us against the rocks , tumbles us from the precipice , and pulls down the totter- ing fabric on our heads ; but it is ...
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... necessary consequences of previous causes , and the invariable operations of na- ture , and we forget that nature is nothing more than the art of her Omnipotent Author . - Soame Jenyns ' Disquisi- tions . II . Intemperance . Those men ...
... necessary consequences of previous causes , and the invariable operations of na- ture , and we forget that nature is nothing more than the art of her Omnipotent Author . - Soame Jenyns ' Disquisi- tions . II . Intemperance . Those men ...
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... necessary to perceive , that all government , abstractedly considered , is an evil . Like medicine , it is often a necessary evil - the lesser of two evils ; but yet , under all circumstances , an evil still . The less medicine we ...
... necessary to perceive , that all government , abstractedly considered , is an evil . Like medicine , it is often a necessary evil - the lesser of two evils ; but yet , under all circumstances , an evil still . The less medicine we ...
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... Necessary Nature of War.It would be easy to bring too many examples of cruelty evinced even in these times , when war is said to be carried on with so much humanity . The art of war is essentially that of destruc- tion ; and it is ...
... Necessary Nature of War.It would be easy to bring too many examples of cruelty evinced even in these times , when war is said to be carried on with so much humanity . The art of war is essentially that of destruc- tion ; and it is ...
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... necessary . The Reflector . 66 L. Gamblers . - A man who had gone over a great part of the world , returned at length home from his travels : his friends came and requested him to relate what he had seen . Listen , " said he ...
... necessary . The Reflector . 66 L. Gamblers . - A man who had gone over a great part of the world , returned at length home from his travels : his friends came and requested him to relate what he had seen . Listen , " said he ...
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