Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... heart , doth not discern that frail men , in some of their contradictions , intend the same thing , and accepteth of both ? The nature of such con- troversies is excellently expressed by St. Paul , 3 . in the warning and precept that he ...
... heart , doth not discern that frail men , in some of their contradictions , intend the same thing , and accepteth of both ? The nature of such con- troversies is excellently expressed by St. Paul , 3 . in the warning and precept that he ...
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... heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . LATION . DISSIMULATION ...
... heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . LATION . DISSIMULATION ...
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... heart to know when to tell truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ...
... heart to know when to tell truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ...
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... heart , but also into a heart well fortified , if watch be not well kept . It is a poor saying of Epicurus , " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus ; " as if man , made for the contemplation of heaven , and all noble objects ...
... heart , but also into a heart well fortified , if watch be not well kept . It is a poor saying of Epicurus , " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus ; " as if man , made for the contemplation of heaven , and all noble objects ...
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... heart is no island cut off from other lands , but a continent that joins to them : if he be com- passionate towards the afflictions of others , it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm ...
... heart is no island cut off from other lands , but a continent that joins to them : if he be com- passionate towards the afflictions of others , it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm ...
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