Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both po- litic and moral : and in this part it is good , that a man's face ...
... commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both po- litic and moral : and in this part it is good , that a man's face ...
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... commonly carry with them a show of fearfulness , which , in any business , doth spoil the feathers of round flying up to the mark ; the second , that it puzzleth and perplexeth the con- ceits of many that , perhaps , would otherwise ...
... commonly carry with them a show of fearfulness , which , in any business , doth spoil the feathers of round flying up to the mark ; the second , that it puzzleth and perplexeth the con- ceits of many that , perhaps , would otherwise ...
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... " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited . VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . HE that 30 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited . VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . HE that 30 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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... commonly , in their hortatives , put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the des- pising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base . Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of ...
... commonly , in their hortatives , put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the des- pising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base . Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of ...
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... commonly ask to be paid in pleasures . There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others , which , if it be not spent upon some one or a few , doth naturally spread itself towards many , and maketh men ...
... commonly ask to be paid in pleasures . There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others , which , if it be not spent upon some one or a few , doth naturally spread itself towards many , and maketh men ...
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