Moral, Economical, and Political EssaysPublished at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 - 216 Seiten |
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... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners ; for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt humour , so in the spiritual : so that nothing doth so much keep men out of the church ...
... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners ; for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt humour , so in the spiritual : so that nothing doth so much keep men out of the church ...
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... greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius : " and again , when Mucianus encourageth ...
... greatest dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts of her husband and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius : " and again , when Mucianus encourageth ...
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... greatest is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action , which is trust and be- The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; se- crecy in habit ; dissimulation in ...
... greatest is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action , which is trust and be- The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; se- crecy in habit ; dissimulation in ...
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... greatest care of future times , unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a single life , yet their thoughts do erd with themselves , and account future times imper- tinences ...
... greatest care of future times , unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a single life , yet their thoughts do erd with themselves , and account future times imper- tinences ...
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... greatest part : yea , and prevaileth with wise men at weak times ; therefore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than ...
... greatest part : yea , and prevaileth with wise men at weak times ; therefore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than ...
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Æsop affection alleys amongst ancient atheism Augustus Cæsar better beware body bold Cæsar cause certainly Cicero cometh command commonly corrupt counsel counsellors court cunning custom danger death despatch discourse dissimulation doth England envy Epicurus Epimetheus especially factions fair fame favour fear flowers fortune fruit Galba garden give giveth goeth greatest ground hand hath heart honour hurt judge judgment kind king less ligion likewise Low Countries Lucullus Macedon maketh man's matter means men's mind motion nature ness never nobility noble observation opinion party persons plantation pleasure Plutarch Pompey princes religion remedy riches Romans secret sects seditions seemeth Sejanus Septimius Severus servants side Solomon saith sometimes sort Sparta speak speech sure Tacitus things thou thought Tiberius tion tree true unto usury Vespasian virtue whereby wherein whereof wise
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Seite 11 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Seite 189 - For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Seite 23 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 107 - ... maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts: neither is this to be understood only of faithful counsel, which a man receiveth from his friend; but before you come to that, certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned...
Seite 190 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Seite 190 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Seite 22 - But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: " Shall we," saith he, " take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion.
Seite 103 - ... no receipt openeth the heart, but a true friend; to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Seite 11 - One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before.
Seite 21 - ... and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh: this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent: but base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable: You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies;...