Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... saith yet excellently well , " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is ...
... saith yet excellently well , " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is ...
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... saith of him , “ Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , deserebant : " Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sentence , " Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , " holding forth his ...
... saith of him , “ Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , deserebant : " Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sentence , " Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , " holding forth his ...
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... saith , " in veste varietas sit , scissura non sit , " they be two things , unity and uniformity : the other is , when the matter of the point contro- verted is great , but it is driven to an overgreat subtlety and obscurity , so that ...
... saith , " in veste varietas sit , scissura non sit , " they be two things , unity and uniformity : the other is , when the matter of the point contro- verted is great , but it is driven to an overgreat subtlety and obscurity , so that ...
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... saith he , " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends . " But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune : " Shall we , " saith he , " take good at God's hands , and ...
... saith he , " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends . " But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune : " Shall we , " saith he , " take good at God's hands , and ...
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... 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 Vespasian to take arms against ...
... 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 Vespasian to take arms against ...
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