Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... 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 comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground ...
... 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 comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground ...
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... standing so much is true , that the carriage of greatness in a plain and open manner ( so it be without arrogancy and vain glory ) , doth draw less envy than if it be in a more crafty and cunning fashion ; for in that course a man doth ...
... standing so much is true , that the carriage of greatness in a plain and open manner ( so it be without arrogancy and vain glory ) , doth draw less envy than if it be in a more crafty and cunning fashion ; for in that course a man doth ...
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... standing is slippery , and the re- gress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris , non esse cur velis vivere ? " Nay , retire men cannot when they would , neither will they ...
... standing is slippery , and the re- gress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris , non esse cur velis vivere ? " Nay , retire men cannot when they would , neither will they ...
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... 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 blind ; for it ...
... 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 blind ; for it ...
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... stand firm . The parts and signs of goodness are many . If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers , shows he is a citizen of the world , and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands , but a continent that joins to them ...
... stand firm . The parts and signs of goodness are many . If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers , shows he is a citizen of the world , and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands , but a continent that joins to them ...
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