Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pàgines |
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Pàgina 30
... amongst all neighbour states , as may be well seen in Spain ; which hath had , in one part or other , a veteran army almost continually , now by the space of six score years . To be master of the sea is an abridgment of a monarchy ...
... amongst all neighbour states , as may be well seen in Spain ; which hath had , in one part or other , a veteran army almost continually , now by the space of six score years . To be master of the sea is an abridgment of a monarchy ...
Pàgina 31
... amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds , they ever fly by twilight : certainly they are to be repressed , or at the least well guarded ; for they cloud the mind , they lose friends , and they check with busi- ness , whereby ...
... amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds , they ever fly by twilight : certainly they are to be repressed , or at the least well guarded ; for they cloud the mind , they lose friends , and they check with busi- ness , whereby ...
Pàgina 34
... amongst the worst . As for fishing for testaments and executorships ( as Tacitus saith of Seneca , " testamenta et orbos tanquam indagine capi , " ) it is yet worse , by how much men submit themselves to meaner persons than in service ...
... amongst the worst . As for fishing for testaments and executorships ( as Tacitus saith of Seneca , " testamenta et orbos tanquam indagine capi , " ) it is yet worse , by how much men submit themselves to meaner persons than in service ...
Pàgina 36
... amongst able men hath a great task ; but that is ever good for the public : but he that plots to be the only figure amongst ci- phers is the decay of a whole age . Honour hath three things in it ; the vantage ground to do good ; the ...
... amongst able men hath a great task ; but that is ever good for the public : but he that plots to be the only figure amongst ci- phers is the decay of a whole age . Honour hath three things in it ; the vantage ground to do good ; the ...
Pàgina 41
... amongst them , with others . OF BUILDING . HOUSES are built to live in , and not to look on ; therefore , let use be preferred before uniformity , except where both may be had . Leave the goodly fabrics of houses , for beauty only , to ...
... amongst them , with others . OF BUILDING . HOUSES are built to live in , and not to look on ; therefore , let use be preferred before uniformity , except where both may be had . Leave the goodly fabrics of houses , for beauty only , to ...
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