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... dangerous ; and he stands no chance of amending it , who cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he ...
... dangerous ; and he stands no chance of amending it , who cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has written , and written more than he has published , if he ...
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... danger of the things forbidden , but the fears of those that forbid . Mahomet knew that his was a faith strictly military , and to be propagated by the sword ; he also knew that nothing is so destructive of discipline as wine ...
... danger of the things forbidden , but the fears of those that forbid . Mahomet knew that his was a faith strictly military , and to be propagated by the sword ; he also knew that nothing is so destructive of discipline as wine ...
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... dangerous , the majesty of the people , one and indivisible , must be at irreconcileable issue with the Trinitarian reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association ...
... dangerous , the majesty of the people , one and indivisible , must be at irreconcileable issue with the Trinitarian reformer , who advocates triennial parliaments , and who has not lost his respect for that old and orthodox association ...
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... danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none so weak , that we may ...
... danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and salutary by their application . LI . AS there are none so weak , that we may ...
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... danger of attempting to reign without one . Either his hundred thousand men would have mutinied for want of pay , if he had attempted to support them by unconstitutional measures , his executioners might eventually have been called upon ...
... danger of attempting to reign without one . Either his hundred thousand men would have mutinied for want of pay , if he had attempted to support them by unconstitutional measures , his executioners might eventually have been called upon ...
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| Title | Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who Think |
| Author | Charles Caleb Colton |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 |
| Length | 453 pages |
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