Moral, Economical, and Political EssaysPublished at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 - 216 oldal |
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45. oldal
... bold persons into action than soon after ; for boldness is an ill keeper of promise . Surely , as there are mountebanks for the natural body , so are there mountebanks for the politic body ; men that undertake great cures , and perhaps ...
... bold persons into action than soon after ; for boldness is an ill keeper of promise . Surely , as there are mountebanks for the natural body , so are there mountebanks for the politic body ; men that undertake great cures , and perhaps ...
46. oldal
... bold fellow is out of countenance , for that puts his face into a most shrunken and wooden posture , as needs it must for in bashfulness the spirits do a lit- tle go and come ; but with bold men , upon like occasion , they stand at a ...
... bold fellow is out of countenance , for that puts his face into a most shrunken and wooden posture , as needs it must for in bashfulness the spirits do a lit- tle go and come ; but with bold men , upon like occasion , they stand at a ...
83. oldal
... is more reverend . In privaíc , men are more bold in their own hu- mours ; and in consort , men are more obnox- ious to others ' humours ; therefore it is good to " " take both , and of the inferior sort OF COUNSEL . 83.
... is more reverend . In privaíc , men are more bold in their own hu- mours ; and in consort , men are more obnox- ious to others ' humours ; therefore it is good to " " take both , and of the inferior sort OF COUNSEL . 83.
91. oldal
... bold , and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man , and lay him open . Like to him , that , having changed his name , and walking in Paul's , another sud- denly came behind him , and called him by his true name , whereat ...
... bold , and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man , and lay him open . Like to him , that , having changed his name , and walking in Paul's , another sud- denly came behind him , and called him by his true name , whereat ...
165. oldal
... bold ; first , as in their own defence , as being exposed to scorn , but in pro- cess of time by a general habit . Also it stir- reth in them industry , and especially of this kind , to watch and observe the weakness of others , that ...
... bold ; first , as in their own defence , as being exposed to scorn , but in pro- cess of time by a general habit . Also it stir- reth in them industry , and especially of this kind , to watch and observe the weakness of others , that ...
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11. oldal - 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.
189. oldal - 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.
23. oldal - 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.
107. oldal - ... 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...
190. oldal - 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...
190. oldal - 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.
22. oldal - 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.
103. oldal - ... 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.
11. oldal - 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.
21. oldal - ... 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;...