Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... able a mind ; and I might be with excuse confined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest ; so commend I you to the preservation of the Divine Majesty . Your entire loving brother , From my Chamber at Gray's Inn ...
... able a mind ; and I might be with excuse confined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest ; so commend I you to the preservation of the Divine Majesty . Your entire loving brother , From my Chamber at Gray's Inn ...
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... able to give counsel himself , but not rely thereupon ; for though happy events justify their counsels , yet it is better that the evil event of good advice be rather imputed to a subject than a sovereign . 7. He is the fountain of ...
... able to give counsel himself , but not rely thereupon ; for though happy events justify their counsels , yet it is better that the evil event of good advice be rather imputed to a subject than a sovereign . 7. He is the fountain of ...
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... able men of their nobility shall find ease in employing them , and a better slide into their business ; for people naturally bend to them as born in some sort to command . OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES . SHEPHERDS of people had need know ...
... able men of their nobility shall find ease in employing them , and a better slide into their business ; for people naturally bend to them as born in some sort to command . OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES . SHEPHERDS of people had need know ...
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... able , who do often spurn at their own good ; nor yet by this , whether the griefs whereupon they rise be in fact great or small ; for they are the most dangerous discontentments where the fear is greater than the feeling : " Dolendi ...
... able , who do often spurn at their own good ; nor yet by this , whether the griefs whereupon they rise be in fact great or small ; for they are the most dangerous discontentments where the fear is greater than the feeling : " Dolendi ...
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... able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they go , what acquaint- ances they are to seek , what exercises or dis- cipline the place yieldeth ; for else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little ...
... able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they go , what acquaint- ances they are to seek , what exercises or dis- cipline the place yieldeth ; for else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little ...
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