 For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path, you never...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 275edited by - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 878 pages
...sentences ; such as the well-known remark that " if a man once indulges himself in murder, he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes...and from that to incivility and procrastination." One laughs at this whimsical inversion ; but I don't think one laughs very heartily ; and certainly... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 284 pages
...I set my face against it in toto. For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes...where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis obsta — that's... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 278 pages
...I set my face against it in toto. For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing • and from robbing he...where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis obsta — < that's... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 280 pages
...I set my face against it in toto. ^For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing . and from robbing he comes...Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.y Once begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 pages
...I set my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes...where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis obsta — that's... | |
 | 1855 - 528 pages
...a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbery ; and from robbery he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking ; and from that to incivility and procrastination !" This volume contains also the wild romance of the " Revolt of the Tartars," for it has little historical... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 382 pages
...I Bet my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath -breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 pages
...I set my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath -breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 380 pages
...meditating-rI set my fa? against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himseh. in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes...where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Principiis dbsta—that's... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1867 - 636 pages
...comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once...where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time." We need in the North large... | |
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