Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 26
... secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a blabber ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ; and , as in confessing , the revealing is ...
... secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a blabber ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ; and , as in confessing , the revealing is ...
Page 27
... secret must be a dissembler in some degree : for men are too cunning to suffer a man to keep an indifferent carriage between both , and to be secret , without swaying the balance on either side . They will so beset a man with questions ...
... secret must be a dissembler in some degree : for men are too cunning to suffer a man to keep an indifferent carriage between both , and to be secret , without swaying the balance on either side . They will so beset a man with questions ...
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... secret , and so are their griefs and 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 ...
... secret , and so are their griefs and 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 ...
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... secret con- tempt ; by how much more the men ought to be- ware of this passion , which loseth not only other things , but itself . As for the other losses , the poet's relation doth well figure them : " That he that preferred Helena ...
... secret con- tempt ; by how much more the men ought to be- ware of this passion , which loseth not only other things , but itself . As for the other losses , the poet's relation doth well figure them : " That he that preferred Helena ...
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... 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 become humane and charitable , as it is seen sometimes in friars ...
... 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 become humane and charitable , as it is seen sometimes in friars ...
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