Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... virtue ; and as in nature things move violently to their place , and calmly in their place , so virtue in am bition is violent , in authority settled and calm . All rising to a great place is by a winding stair ; and if there be ...
... virtue ; and as in nature things move violently to their place , and calmly in their place , so virtue in am bition is violent , in authority settled and calm . All rising to a great place is by a winding stair ; and if there be ...
Pàgina 11
... virtues and dignities of the mind , is the greatest , being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy , mischievous , wretched thing , no better than a kind of ver- min . Goodness answers to the theological virtue ...
... virtues and dignities of the mind , is the greatest , being the character of the Deity ; and without it man is a busy , mischievous , wretched thing , no better than a kind of ver- min . Goodness answers to the theological virtue ...
Pàgina 12
... virtue . 8. He is the life of the law , not only as the " lex loquens " himself , but because he ani- mateth the ... virtues very regal , but a prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious ; for store at home draweth not his ...
... virtue . 8. He is the life of the law , not only as the " lex loquens " himself , but because he ani- mateth the ... virtues very regal , but a prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious ; for store at home draweth not his ...
Pàgina 13
... virtues remain to posterity , and their faults die with themselves . Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry ; and he that is not indus- trious envieth him that is : besides , noble persons cannot go much higher and he that standeth ...
... virtues remain to posterity , and their faults die with themselves . Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry ; and he that is not indus- trious envieth him that is : besides , noble persons cannot go much higher and he that standeth ...
Pàgina 16
... virtue , though religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts all these , and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men : therefore , atheism did never perturb states : for it makes men wary of themselves , as looking no ...
... virtue , though religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts all these , and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men : therefore , atheism did never perturb states : for it makes men wary of themselves , as looking no ...
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affection alleys amongst ancient atheism Augustus Cæsar better beware body bold Cæsar cause Certainly Cicero cometh command commonly corrupt council counsel counsellors court cunning custom danger death discourse doth England envy Epicurus Epimetheus factions fair fame favour fear flowers fore fortune fruit of friendship Galba garden give giveth goeth greatest ground hand hath heart honour hurt judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind king kingdom less likewise Macedon maketh man's matter means men's ment mind monly motion nature ness never nobility noble opinion persons plantation pleasure Plutarch poets Pompey princes religion revenge riches Romans secrecy secret sect seditions seemeth Septimius Severus servants side simula soldiers sometimes sort Sparta speak speech superstition sure suspicion Tacitus Themistocles things thou thought Tiberius tion true unto usury Vespasian virtue Vitellius whereby wherein whereof wise