Moral, Economical, and Political EssaysPublished at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 - 216 páginas |
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... DEATH . MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Cer- tainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world ...
... DEATH . MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Cer- tainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world ...
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... death terri- ble . It is worthy the observing , that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak , but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and , there- fore , death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants ...
... death terri- ble . It is worthy the observing , that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak , but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and , there- fore , death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants ...
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... death : but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , " Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath ob- tained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ...
... death : but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , " Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath ob- tained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ...
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... death of Cæsar ; for the death of Pertinax ; for the death of Henry the Third of France ; and many more . But in private revenges it is not so ; nay , rath- er vindicative persons live the life of witches ; who , as they are mischievous ...
... death of Cæsar ; for the death of Pertinax ; for the death of Henry the Third of France ; and many more . But in private revenges it is not so ; nay , rath- er vindicative persons live the life of witches ; who , as they are mischievous ...
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... death . The perpetuity by generation is com- mon to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to ...
... death . The perpetuity by generation is com- mon to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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;...