Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... affections , yet truth , which only doth judge itself , teacheth that the inquiry of truth , which is the love - making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth , which is the ...
... affections , yet truth , which only doth judge itself , teacheth that the inquiry of truth , which is the love - making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth , which is the ...
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... affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay , Seneca adds , niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle , non tan- tum fortis , aut miser ...
... affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay , Seneca adds , niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle , non tan- tum fortis , aut miser ...
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... affection of parents to- wards their several children is many times unequal and sometimes unworthy , especially in the mother ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man ...
... affection of parents to- wards their several children is many times unequal and sometimes unworthy , especially in the mother ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man ...
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... affections which have been noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but love and envy they both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imagina tions and suggestions ; and they come easily into the eye , especially upon the ...
... affections which have been noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but love and envy they both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imagina tions and suggestions ; and they come easily into the eye , especially upon the ...
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... affection of envy , that of all other affections it is the most importune and continual ; for of other affections there is occasion given but now and then ; and therefore it was well said , " Invidia festos dies non agit : " for it is ...
... affection of envy , that of all other affections it is the most importune and continual ; for of other affections there is occasion given but now and then ; and therefore it was well said , " Invidia festos dies non agit : " for it is ...
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