Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners ; for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt humour , so in the spiritual : so that nothing doth so much keep men out of the church ...
... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners ; for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt humour , so in the spiritual : so that nothing doth so much keep men out of the church ...
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... greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius : " and again , when Mucianus encourageth ...
... greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius : " and again , when Mucianus encourageth ...
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... greatest is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature are , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation ...
... greatest is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature are , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation ...
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... greatest part ; yea , and pre- vaileth with wise men at weak times : there- fore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action ...
... greatest part ; yea , and pre- vaileth with wise men at weak times : there- fore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action ...
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... greatest , being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy , mischievous , wretched thing , no better than a kind of ver- min . Goodness answers to the theological virtue charity , and admits no excess but error . The ...
... greatest , being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy , mischievous , wretched thing , no better than a kind of ver- min . Goodness answers to the theological virtue charity , and admits no excess but error . The ...
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