Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who ThinkLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 - 453 páginas |
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... perhaps they ought never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the reader , and when not prejudicial , at least super- fluous . If a book really wants the patronage of a great name , it is a bad book , and ...
... perhaps they ought never to be resort- ed to , being as derogatory to the writer , as dull to the reader , and when not prejudicial , at least super- fluous . If a book really wants the patronage of a great name , it is a bad book , and ...
Página iv
... perhaps a bold experiment to send a volume into the world , whose very faults , ( manifold as I fear they are , ) will cost more pains to de- tect , than sciolists would feel inclined to bestow , even if they were sure of discovering ...
... perhaps a bold experiment to send a volume into the world , whose very faults , ( manifold as I fear they are , ) will cost more pains to de- tect , than sciolists would feel inclined to bestow , even if they were sure of discovering ...
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... perhaps accused of look- ing into every thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined truth and novelty . Their ...
... perhaps accused of look- ing into every thing , but of seeing into nothing . There are two things cheap and common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresisti- ble in power , when combined truth and novelty . Their ...
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... Perhaps that is nearly the perfection of good writing , which is original , but whose truth alone prevents the reader from suspecting that it is so and which effects that for knowledge , which the lens effects for the sun - beam , when ...
... Perhaps that is nearly the perfection of good writing , which is original , but whose truth alone prevents the reader from suspecting that it is so and which effects that for knowledge , which the lens effects for the sun - beam , when ...
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... perhaps , by the parting anathema , fulmi- nated by Gibbon against the fellows of Magdalen ; men , he said , " in whom were united all the malevolence of monks , without their erudition ; and all the sensuality of libertines , without ...
... perhaps , by the parting anathema , fulmi- nated by Gibbon against the fellows of Magdalen ; men , he said , " in whom were united all the malevolence of monks , without their erudition ; and all the sensuality of libertines , without ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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,
Página 69 - Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say...
Página 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