Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prospe- rity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prospe- rity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
Pàgina 5
... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
Pàgina 6
... virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and en- dowed the public . Yet it were ...
... virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and en- dowed the public . Yet it were ...
Pàgina 7
... virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good , or upon other's evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other : and whoso is out of hope to attain another's virtue will ...
... virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good , or upon other's evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other : and whoso is out of hope to attain another's virtue will ...
Pàgina 8
... virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up to darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth : besides , there seemeth not much added ...
... virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up to darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth : besides , there seemeth not much added ...
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