Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 28
... fair retreat ; for if a man engage himself by a manifest declaration , he must go through , or take a fall : the third is , the better to discover the mind of another ; for to him that opens himself men will hardly show themselves ...
... fair retreat ; for if a man engage himself by a manifest declaration , he must go through , or take a fall : the third is , the better to discover the mind of another ; for to him that opens himself men will hardly show themselves ...
Page 55
... fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ? for new nobility is but the act of power , but ancient nobility is the act of time . Those ...
... fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ? for new nobility is but the act of power , but ancient nobility is the act of time . Those ...
Page 58
... fair weather . But let us pass from this part of predictions ( concerning which , nevertheless , more light may be taken from that which followeth ) , and let us speak first of the materials of seditions , then of the motives of them ...
... fair weather . But let us pass from this part of predictions ( concerning which , nevertheless , more light may be taken from that which followeth ) , and let us speak first of the materials of seditions , then of the motives of them ...
Page 89
... fair room : therefore you shall see them find out pretty looses in the conclusion , but are no ways able to examine or debate matters : and yet commonly they take advantage of their inability , and would be thought wits of direction ...
... fair room : therefore you shall see them find out pretty looses in the conclusion , but are no ways able to examine or debate matters : and yet commonly they take advantage of their inability , and would be thought wits of direction ...
Page 101
... fair day in the affections from storm and tempests , but it maketh daylight in the understanding , out of darkness and confusion of thoughts : neither is this to be understood only of faithful counsel , which a man receiveth from his ...
... fair day in the affections from storm and tempests , but it maketh daylight in the understanding , out of darkness and confusion of thoughts : neither is this to be understood only of faithful counsel , which a man receiveth from his ...
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