Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... better , but it embaseth it : for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet . There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and ...
... better , but it embaseth it : for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet . There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and ...
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... Better , saith he , " qui finem vitæ extremum inter munera , ponat naturæ . " It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant , perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like ...
... Better , saith he , " qui finem vitæ extremum inter munera , ponat naturæ . " It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant , perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like ...
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... better , to make the cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the ...
... better , to make the cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the ...
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... better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch , because they can do no other . The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs ...
... better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch , because they can do no other . The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs ...
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... better to discover the mind of another ; for to him that opens him- self , men will hardly show themselves averse ; but will ( fair ) let him go on , and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought ; and therefore it is a good ...
... better to discover the mind of another ; for to him that opens him- self , men will hardly show themselves averse ; but will ( fair ) let him go on , and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought ; and therefore it is a good ...
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