Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... Fortune · Boldness 10 Usury Goodness , and Goodness of Nature 11 Youth and Age A King · 12 Beauty Nobility ib . Deformity Seditions and Troubles Atheism - Superstition Travel 13 Building 15 Gardens 16 Negotiating " 17 Followers and ...
... Fortune · Boldness 10 Usury Goodness , and Goodness of Nature 11 Youth and Age A King · 12 Beauty Nobility ib . Deformity Seditions and Troubles Atheism - Superstition Travel 13 Building 15 Gardens 16 Negotiating " 17 Followers and ...
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... fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in ...
... fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in ...
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... fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is com- monly envious ; for to know much of other men's matters cannot be , because all that ado may concern his own estate ; therefore it must needs be that he taketh a kind of play ...
... fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is com- monly envious ; for to know much of other men's matters cannot be , because all that ado may concern his own estate ; therefore it must needs be that he taketh a kind of play ...
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... fortune continueth long ; for by that time , though their virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up to darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done ...
... fortune continueth long ; for by that time , though their virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up to darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done ...
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... fortunes , and maketh men that they can no ways be true to their own ends . I know not how , but martial men are given to love : I think it is but as they are given to wine ; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures . There is in ...
... fortunes , and maketh men that they can no ways be true to their own ends . I know not how , but martial men are given to love : I think it is but as they are given to wine ; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures . There is in ...
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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