Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 20
... amongst Christians , the spiritual and the temporal ; and both have their due office and place in the maintenance of reli- gion but we may not take up the third sword , which is Mahomet's sword , or like unto it : that is , to propagate ...
... amongst Christians , the spiritual and the temporal ; and both have their due office and place in the maintenance of reli- gion but we may not take up the third sword , which is Mahomet's sword , or like unto it : that is , to propagate ...
Page 39
... amongst the wheat by night ; " as it always cometh to pass , that envy worketh subtilly , and in the dark , and to the prejudice of good things , such as is the wheat . X. OF LOVE . THE stage is more beholding to love than the life of ...
... amongst the wheat by night ; " as it always cometh to pass , that envy worketh subtilly , and in the dark , and to the prejudice of good things , such as is the wheat . X. OF LOVE . THE stage is more beholding to love than the life of ...
Page 56
... amongst the signs of troubles . Vir- gil , giving the pedigree of Fame , saith she was sister to the giants : " Illam Terra parens , irà irritata Deorum , Extremam ( ut perhibent ) Coo Enceladoque sororem Progenuit . " Eneid . IV . 177 ...
... amongst the signs of troubles . Vir- gil , giving the pedigree of Fame , saith she was sister to the giants : " Illam Terra parens , irà irritata Deorum , Extremam ( ut perhibent ) Coo Enceladoque sororem Progenuit . " Eneid . IV . 177 ...
Page 61
... amongst the meaner , that then they may declare themselves . The poets feign that the rest of the gods would have bound Jupiter , which he hearing of , by the counsel of Pallas , sent for Briareus , with his hundred hands , to come in ...
... amongst the meaner , that then they may declare themselves . The poets feign that the rest of the gods would have bound Jupiter , which he hearing of , by the counsel of Pallas , sent for Briareus , with his hundred hands , to come in ...
Page 108
... amongst civil affairs , more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment con- cerning the power and forces of an estate . The kingdom of heaven is compared , not to any great kernel , or nut , but to a grain of mustard ...
... amongst civil affairs , more subject to error than the right valuation and true judgment con- cerning the power and forces of an estate . The kingdom of heaven is compared , not to any great kernel , or nut , but to a grain of mustard ...
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