Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
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Francis Bacon. of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed , or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . : VI . OF SIMULATION AND ...
Francis Bacon. of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant where they are incensed , or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . : VI . OF SIMULATION AND ...
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... virtue of a confessor : and assuredly the 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 ...
... virtue of a confessor : and assuredly the 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 ...
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... virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmar- ried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great ...
... virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmar- ried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great ...
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... handle what persons are apt to envy others ; what persons are most subject to be envied them- selves ; and what is the difference between pub- lic and private envy . A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth OF ENVY . 33.
... handle what persons are apt to envy others ; what persons are most subject to be envied them- selves ; and what is the difference between pub- lic and private envy . A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth OF ENVY . 33.
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