Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 14
... sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and ...
... sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and ...
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... sometimes hear ignorant men dif- fer , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man ...
... sometimes hear ignorant men dif- fer , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man ...
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... sometimes unworthy , especially in the mo- ther ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man shall see , where there is a house full of children , one or two of the eldest ...
... sometimes unworthy , especially in the mo- ther ; as Solomon saith , " A wise son rejoiceth the father , but an ungracious son shames the mother . " A man shall see , where there is a house full of children , one or two of the eldest ...
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... sometimes resem- bleth an uncle , or a kinsman , more than his own parents , as the blood happens . Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should take , for then they are most flexible ; and let ...
... sometimes resem- bleth an uncle , or a kinsman , more than his own parents , as the blood happens . Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should take , for then they are most flexible ; and let ...
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... sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober sort of politic persons , in their greatness , are ever bemoaning themselves what a life they lead , chanting a " quanta patimur ; " not ...
... sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober sort of politic persons , in their greatness , are ever bemoaning themselves what a life they lead , chanting a " quanta patimur ; " not ...
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