Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... . Honour and Reputation Seeming Wise 24 Judicature Friendship · ib . Anger Expense 27 Vicissitude of things The true Greatness of Kingdoms and A Fragment of an Essay on Fame Estates ib . OF TRUTH " WHAT is truth ? " said jesting.
... . Honour and Reputation Seeming Wise 24 Judicature Friendship · ib . Anger Expense 27 Vicissitude of things The true Greatness of Kingdoms and A Fragment of an Essay on Fame Estates ib . OF TRUTH " WHAT is truth ? " said jesting.
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... fame , and extinguish envy : " Ex- tinctus amabitur idem . " OF UNITY IN RELIGION . RELIGION being the chief bond of human society , it is a happy thing when itself is well contained within the true bond of unity . The quarrels and ...
... fame , and extinguish envy : " Ex- tinctus amabitur idem . " OF UNITY IN RELIGION . RELIGION being the chief bond of human society , it is a happy thing when itself is well contained within the true bond of unity . The quarrels and ...
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... fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power to feign , if there be no remedy . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN . THE joys of parents are secret , and so are their griefs and fears ; they cannot utter the ...
... fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power to feign , if there be no remedy . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN . THE joys of parents are secret , and so are their griefs and fears ; they cannot utter the ...
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... fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his brother Abel , because when his sacrifice was better accepted , there was no- body to look on . Thus much for those that are apt to envy . Concerning those that are more or ...
... fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his brother Abel , because when his sacrifice was better accepted , there was no- body to look on . Thus much for those that are apt to envy . Concerning those that are more or ...
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... fame , and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom , neither in their persons , nor in their actions , nor in their times . It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose ...
... fame , and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom , neither in their persons , nor in their actions , nor in their times . It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose ...
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affection alleys amongst ancient atheism Augustus Cæsar better beware body bold Cæsar cause Certainly Cicero cometh command commonly corrupt council counsel counsellors court cunning custom danger death discourse doth England envy Epicurus Epimetheus factions fair fame favour fear flowers fore fortune fruit of friendship Galba garden give giveth goeth greatest ground hand hath heart honour hurt judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind king kingdom less likewise Macedon maketh man's matter means men's ment mind monly motion nature ness never nobility noble opinion persons plantation pleasure Plutarch poets Pompey princes religion revenge riches Romans secrecy secret sect seditions seemeth Septimius Severus servants side simula soldiers sometimes sort Sparta speak speech superstition sure suspicion Tacitus Themistocles things thou thought Tiberius tion true unto usury Vespasian virtue Vitellius whereby wherein whereof wise