Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... sometimes wish your infirmities translated upon myself , that her majesty might have the service of so active and able a mind ; and I might be with excuse confined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest ; so ...
... sometimes wish your infirmities translated upon myself , that her majesty might have the service of so active and able a mind ; and I might be with excuse confined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest ; so ...
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... sometimes mix- ture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortifica- tion , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and ...
... sometimes mix- ture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortifica- tion , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and ...
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... sometimes hear ignorant men differ , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they them- selves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man ...
... sometimes hear ignorant men differ , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they them- selves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man ...
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... sometimes unworthy , especially in the mother ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man shall see , where there is a house full of children , one or two of the eldest ...
... sometimes unworthy , especially in the mother ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man shall see , where there is a house full of children , one or two of the eldest ...
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... sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober sort of politic persons , in their greatness , are ever bemoaning themselves what a life they lead , chanting a " quanta patimur ; " not ...
... sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober sort of politic persons , in their greatness , are ever bemoaning themselves what a life they lead , chanting a " quanta patimur ; " not ...
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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