Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... affection and obligation to your Grace , to prefix your name before them , both in English and Latin : for I do conceive , that the Latin volume of them , being in the universal language , may last as long as books last . My In ...
... affection and obligation to your Grace , to prefix your name before them , both in English and Latin : for I do conceive , that the Latin volume of them , being in the universal language , may last as long as books last . My In ...
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... affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay , Seneca adds , niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle , non tantum fortis , aut miser ...
... affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay , Seneca adds , niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle , non tantum fortis , aut miser ...
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... affection of parents towards their several children , is many times unequal , and sometimes unworthy , especially in the mo- ther ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man ...
... affection of parents towards their several children , is many times unequal , and sometimes unworthy , especially in the mo- ther ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man ...
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... affection , or aptness , of the children be ex- traordinary , then it is good not to cross it ; but generally the precept is good , " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " Younger brothers are commonly fortunate ...
... affection , or aptness , of the children be ex- traordinary , then it is good not to cross it ; but generally the precept is good , " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " Younger brothers are commonly fortunate ...
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... affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times , unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there ...
... affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times , unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there ...
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