Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... occasion given but now and then ; and therefore it was well said , " Invidia festos dies non agit : " for it is ever working upon some or other . And it is also noted , that love and envy do make a man pine , which other affections do ...
... occasion given but now and then ; and therefore it was well said , " Invidia festos dies non agit : " for it is ever working upon some or other . And it is also noted , that love and envy do make a man pine , which other affections do ...
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... occasion , they stand at a stay ; like a stale at chess , where it is no mate , but yet the game cannot stir : but this last were fitter for a satire than for a serious observation . This is well to be weighed , that boldness is ever ...
... occasion , they stand at a stay ; like a stale at chess , where it is no mate , but yet the game cannot stir : but this last were fitter for a satire than for a serious observation . This is well to be weighed , that boldness is ever ...
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... occasions are so variable ) , save one which ever holdeth ; which is , that princes do keep due sentinel , that none of their neighbours do overgrow so ( by increase of territory , by embracing of trade , by approaches , or the like ) ...
... occasions are so variable ) , save one which ever holdeth ; which is , that princes do keep due sentinel , that none of their neighbours do overgrow so ( by increase of territory , by embracing of trade , by approaches , or the like ) ...
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... occasion serves , before the council ; and let them not come in multitudes , or in a tribunitious manner ; for that is to clamour councils , not to inform them . A long table and a square table , or seats about the walls , seem things ...
... occasion serves , before the council ; and let them not come in multitudes , or in a tribunitious manner ; for that is to clamour councils , not to inform them . A long table and a square table , or seats about the walls , seem things ...
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... occasion for the party to ask what the matter is of the change , as Nehemiah did , " And I had not before that time been sad be fore the king . " In things that are tender and unpleasant , it is good to break the ice by some whose words ...
... occasion for the party to ask what the matter is of the change , as Nehemiah did , " And I had not before that time been sad be fore the king . " In things that are tender and unpleasant , it is good to break the ice by some whose words ...
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