Essays Moral, Economical and PoliticalMalepeyre, 1822 - 277 pàgines |
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Pàgina 34
... desire to excel in too many mat- ters , out of levity and vain glory , are ever en- vious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible , but many , in some one of those things , should surpass them ; which was the character of ...
... desire to excel in too many mat- ters , out of levity and vain glory , are ever en- vious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible , but many , in some one of those things , should surpass them ; which was the character of ...
Pàgina 43
... in their ac- tions , nor in their times . It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , OF GREAT PLACE . 43.
... in their ac- tions , nor in their times . It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , OF GREAT PLACE . 43.
Pàgina 53
... desire of power in excess caused the angels to 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 ...
... desire of power in excess caused the angels to 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 ...
Pàgina 87
... desire , and many things to fear ; and yet that commonly is the case with kings , who being at the highest , want matter of desire , which makes their minds more languishing ; and have many representations of perils and shadows , which ...
... desire , and many things to fear ; and yet that commonly is the case with kings , who being at the highest , want matter of desire , which makes their minds more languishing ; and have many representations of perils and shadows , which ...
Pàgina 88
Francis Bacon. Hence it comes likewise , that princes many times make themselves desires , and set their hearts upon toys ; sometimes upon a building ; sometimes upon erecting of an order ; sometimes upon the advancing of a person ...
Francis Bacon. Hence it comes likewise , that princes many times make themselves desires , and set their hearts upon toys ; sometimes upon a building ; sometimes upon erecting of an order ; sometimes upon the advancing of a person ...
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