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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... honour of man's nature , and that mixture of false- hood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver , which may make the metal work the better , but it embaseth it : for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ...
... honour of man's nature , and that mixture of false- hood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver , which may make the metal work the better , but it embaseth it : for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ...
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... honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign ...
... honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign ...
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... honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving him- self better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch ...
... honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving him- self better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch ...
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... honour ; in that it should be said , " That an eunuch , or a lame man , did such great matters ; " affecting the honour of a miracle : as it was in Narses the eunuch , and Agesilaus and Tamerlane that were lame men . The same is the ...
... honour ; in that it should be said , " That an eunuch , or a lame man , did such great matters ; " affecting the honour of a miracle : as it was in Narses the eunuch , and Agesilaus and Tamerlane that were lame men . The same is the ...
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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