Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... man and a writer that any particular ac- count of him on the present occasion would be super- fluous . To dwell , indeed , on the incidents of my Lord Bacon's life would be an unpleasant and mortifying task : for ever must it be ...
... man and a writer that any particular ac- count of him on the present occasion would be super- fluous . To dwell , indeed , on the incidents of my Lord Bacon's life would be an unpleasant and mortifying task : for ever must it be ...
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... man , which were objects of admiration to his own times , the following Essays are , perhaps , the only ones which retain much of their pristine popularity . His law treatises have always been restricted by their subject within the line ...
... man , which were objects of admiration to his own times , the following Essays are , perhaps , the only ones which retain much of their pristine popularity . His law treatises have always been restricted by their subject within the line ...
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... man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of ...
... man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of ...
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... man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that ...
... man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that ...
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... man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and thereby imagine what the pains of death are when the whole body is corrupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with ...
... man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and thereby imagine what the pains of death are when the whole body is corrupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with ...
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