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Maxims - Early works to 1800

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    Thoughts on different subjects. By J.J. Rousseau, ... In two volumes. ...

    Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. | Date: MCCLXVIII [1768]
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    Reflections on men and things, translated from a French manuscript of the late J.G. Zimmerman, Author of Solitude, &c.

    Zimmermann, Johann Georg, 1728-1795. | Date: 1799
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    Select maxims. Directing how to establish the government of any court, and kingdom, upon a firm and unalterable basis. To which is added, a prophecy, containing Satyrical Reflections on the late Conduct of Some whose Names and Titles are very Great, and whose Actions are very mean and little.

    | Date: [1730]
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    Helps for short memories; in rules, precepts, and examples, consisting of maxims, proverbial sayings, &c. in prose and verse; Selected from the best authors. Principally Intended For The Instruction And Improvement Of Younger Minds.

    | Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]
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    The economy of human life. Complete in two parts. Translated from an Indian manuscript written by an ancient Bramin. In a letter from an English gentleman residing at China. To the Earl of ************.

    Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764. | Date: [1790?]
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