Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 50
... tree for the purpose in their gardens , as Timon had : such dispositions are the very errors of human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee timber , that is good for ships that are ...
... tree for the purpose in their gardens , as Timon had : such dispositions are the very errors of human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee timber , that is good for ships that are ...
Page 55
... 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 that are ...
... 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 that are ...
Page 112
... tree of monarchy be great enough to bear the branches and the boughs ; that is , that the natural subjects of the crown or state bear a sufficient proportion to the strange subjects that they govern : therefore all states that are ...
... tree of monarchy be great enough to bear the branches and the boughs ; that is , that the natural subjects of the crown or state bear a sufficient proportion to the strange subjects that they govern : therefore all states that are ...
Page 113
... tree , far above Rome and Sparta at the first ; and , besides , though they have not had that usage to naturalise liberally , yet they have that which is next to it ; that is , to employ , almost indifferently , all nations in their ...
... tree , far above Rome and Sparta at the first ; and , besides , though they have not had that usage to naturalise liberally , yet they have that which is next to it ; that is , to employ , almost indifferently , all nations in their ...
Page 162
... trees , yew , pines , fir trees , rosemary , lavender ; periwinkle , the white , the purple , and the blue ; 162 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... trees , yew , pines , fir trees , rosemary , lavender ; periwinkle , the white , the purple , and the blue ; 162 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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