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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... less brilliant , whereas , under different circumstances , we might have had books . All this kind of conjecture is exceedingly unprofitable . Doubt- less , under different circumstances , the results of a man's working would have been ...
... less brilliant , whereas , under different circumstances , we might have had books . All this kind of conjecture is exceedingly unprofitable . Doubt- less , under different circumstances , the results of a man's working would have been ...
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... less pain than the torture of a limb : for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher , and natural man , it was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " Groans ...
... less pain than the torture of a limb : for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher , and natural man , it was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " Groans ...
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... less to nourish seditions ; to authorise conspiracies and rebellions ; to put the sword into the people's hands , and the like , tending to the sub- version of all government , which is the ordinance of God . For this is but to dash the ...
... less to nourish seditions ; to authorise conspiracies and rebellions ; to put the sword into the people's hands , and the like , tending to the sub- version of all government , which is the ordinance of God . For this is but to dash the ...
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... less subject to envy : First , persons of eminent virtue , when they are advanced , are less envied . For their fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no man envieth the payment of a debt , but rewards , and liberality rather . Again ...
... less subject to envy : First , persons of eminent virtue , when they are advanced , are less envied . For their fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no man envieth the payment of a debt , but rewards , and liberality rather . Again ...
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... less envied than those that are advanced suddenly , and per saltum . Those that have joined with their honour , great travels , cares , or perils , are less subject to envy : for men think that they earn their honours hardly , and pity ...
... less envied than those that are advanced suddenly , and per saltum . Those that have joined with their honour , great travels , cares , or perils , are less subject to envy : for men think that they earn their honours hardly , and pity ...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Workds of the ... Robert Cochrane Visualização integral - 1876 |
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