Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is in- creased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world , is holy and ...
... fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is in- creased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world , is holy and ...
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... fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay ...
... fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay ...
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... fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleas- ing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a ...
... fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes . We see in needleworks and embroideries , it is more pleas- ing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a ...
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... fears ; they cannot utter the one , nor they will not utter the other . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life , but they mitigate the remembrance of death . The perpetuity by ...
... fears ; they cannot utter the one , nor they will not utter the other . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life , but they mitigate the remembrance of death . The perpetuity by ...
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... fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise usual in infections , which , if you fear them , you call them upon you . This public envy seemeth to bear chiefly upon principal officers or ministers , rather than upon ...
... fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise usual in infections , which , if you fear them , you call them upon you . This public envy seemeth to bear chiefly upon principal officers or ministers , rather than upon ...
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