Dogmatism not confined to scho- Gamester doubly ruined, how, 200. Duels the fault of seconds as often ter, not climates, 335. lars, 169. Doubt, a vestibule, 251. Glory, road to it, arduous, 68. Drafts drawn by genius on posteri-God will excuse our prayers, when, ty always paid, 36. 149. Dreams prove nothing but the cre- Good unalloyed, a rare thing, 7. dulity of mankind, 446. Governments give national charac- as of principals, 58. Great men like comets, 252, Ease in style not easy, 584. Great men, where deceived, 132. Greatness best appreciated by the Habit, 558. Half measures, 174. Eccentricity, 16. Efforts profusely rewarded, when, greatest, 583. Egotism awkward, 104. Eloquence true, hits hearts as well Elizabeth, Queen, her life preserv- Envy, 310. Hatred differs from pity, in what, 478. Head, the seat of contentment, 163. Hesitation, a weakness, 401. Envious, their censure does us cre- Honour differs from virtue, 26. abuse, 502. Errors, little ones to be pardoned, Estate, a very large one, and pays Events, how construed by enthusi- Evils remediless, two, 55. Female improvement, 137. than enemies, 576. Ingratitude, 563. Injuries seldom pardoned, when, 43. with impunity, 51. 163. - a hard task-master, 47. Kings, their highest wisdom, what, Nations always as free as they de 57. serve, 109, King of England interested in pre- Nature works with few tools, 223. no chasm in her operations, serving the freedom of the press, 587. 100. -, living ones, more flattered, but less praised than they de serve, 545. Knowledge, 50. Neutrality no favourite with Providence, 366. Nothing should excite murmurs, 155. Opinions, when they may be chang. How attained, ed without suspicion, 102. 213. The clearest the most Opponents best answered, how, 119. simple, 187. Labour, a good, 67. Law and equity, 381. Laws and arms, 162. Learned blunders, 403. Letters, laboured ones, 125. 497. Life a theatre, 18. Patriots, modern, 176. Logic, 302, 548. Persecutors often hypocrites, 206. -, its ills how to bear them, 95. Pedantry wrong by rules, 48. London audience, 309. Love without jealousy, 94. - of power, 156. Magnanimity in a cottage, 90. Man a paradox, 408. A link, 587. People, remarks on enlightening, 494. Many men neither bad nor good, best, 37. 339. Metaphysics promise much, per- Mind, its existence proved by doubt- Motives differ often from pretexts, 97. Mystery magnifies, 559. Private vices public benefits, false, Prating coxcombs, 373. Quacks, literary ones, 552. LACON: OR MANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS; ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO THINK. BY THE REV. C. C. COLTON, A. M. LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AUTHOR OF HYPOCRISY, A SATIRE;' 'MOSCOW, A POEM;' 'CRITICAL REMARKS ON LORD BYRON,' &c. &c. “ Φιλόσοφια εκ παραδειγματων.” "The noblest study of mankind is man." VOL. IL A NEW EDITION. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1825. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND VOLUME. I KNOW not that I should have attempted a Second Volume of LACON, if the first had not met with some encouragement; Its reception has proved that my book has been purchased at least by the many, and I have testimonies far more gratifying, that it has not been disapproved of by the few. He that aspires to produce a work that shall instruct and amuse the unlearned, without displeasing or disgusting the scholar, proposes to himself an object more attainable perhaps on any other theme, than on that which I have adopted; for on this subject all men are critics, although very few are connoisseurs; the man of the world is indignant at being supposed to stand in need of information, and the philosopher feels that he is above it; the old will not quit the school of their own experience, and hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young. There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive instruction with gratitude, as for instance a knowledge of the languages, or of the mathematics, |