The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin : with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical NotesW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 |
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... fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excess , neither can angel or man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man ; insomuch , that if ...
... fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excess , neither can angel or man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man ; insomuch , that if ...
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... fall . And again , it is sometimes like Sibylla's offer , which at first offereth the commodity at full , then con- sumeth part and part , and still holdeth up the price . For occasion , as it is in the common verse , turneth a bald ...
... fall . And again , it is sometimes like Sibylla's offer , which at first offereth the commodity at full , then con- sumeth part and part , and still holdeth up the price . For occasion , as it is in the common verse , turneth a bald ...
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... fall those words in a man's own name , which he would have another man learn and use , and thereupon take advantage ... falls of business , that cannot sink into the main of it ; like a house that hath con- venient stairs and entries ...
... fall those words in a man's own name , which he would have another man learn and use , and thereupon take advantage ... falls of business , that cannot sink into the main of it ; like a house that hath con- venient stairs and entries ...
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... fall . It is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who digged and made room for him . It is the wisdom of crocodiles , that shed tears when they would devour . But that which is specially to be noted is , that those ...
... fall . It is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who digged and made room for him . It is the wisdom of crocodiles , that shed tears when they would devour . But that which is specially to be noted is , that those ...
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... fall with them . But since we have said it were good not to use men of ambitious natures , except it be upon necessity , it is fit we speak , in what cases they are of necessity . Good commanders in the wars must be taken , be they ...
... fall with them . But since we have said it were good not to use men of ambitious natures , except it be upon necessity , it is fit we speak , in what cases they are of necessity . Good commanders in the wars must be taken , be they ...
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