Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and where the air is always clear and serene ) , and to see the errors , and wanderings , and mists , and tempests in the vale below : " so always that this prospect be with pity , and not ...
... ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and where the air is always clear and serene ) , and to see the errors , and wanderings , and mists , and tempests in the vale below : " so always that this prospect be with pity , and not ...
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... ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or ...
... ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or ...
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... ground where it must first fill a pool . It is indifferent for judges and magis- trates ; for if they be facile and corrupt , you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife . For soldiers , I find the generals com- monly , in ...
... ground where it must first fill a pool . It is indifferent for judges and magis- trates ; for if they be facile and corrupt , you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife . For soldiers , I find the generals com- monly , in ...
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... ground than upon a flat ; and for the same reason , those that are advanced by degrees , are less envied than those that are advanced suddenly , and " per saltum . " Those that have joined with their honour great travels , cares , and ...
... ground than upon a flat ; and for the same reason , those that are advanced by degrees , are less envied than those that are advanced suddenly , and " per saltum . " Those that have joined with their honour great travels , cares , and ...
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... ground . Merit and good works are the end of man's motion ; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest : for if a man can be partaker of God's theatre , he shall likewise be a par- taker of God's rest : " Et ...
... ground . Merit and good works are the end of man's motion ; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest : for if a man can be partaker of God's theatre , he shall likewise be a par- taker of God's rest : " Et ...
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