Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes ...J.B. Lippincott, 1905 - 764 oldal |
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... Essays rendered to morality it is difficult to speak too highly . It is true that , when ' the Tatler appeared , that ... essay of any of his coadjutors . His best essays ap . proach near to absolute perfection ; nor is their excellence ...
... Essays rendered to morality it is difficult to speak too highly . It is true that , when ' the Tatler appeared , that ... essay of any of his coadjutors . His best essays ap . proach near to absolute perfection ; nor is their excellence ...
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... Essay XXVIII .: Of Friendship . To take advice of some few friends is ever honourable ; for lookers - on many times see more than gamesters ; and the vale best discovereth the hill . There is little friendship in the world , and least ...
... Essay XXVIII .: Of Friendship . To take advice of some few friends is ever honourable ; for lookers - on many times see more than gamesters ; and the vale best discovereth the hill . There is little friendship in the world , and least ...
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... Essay , Of Youth and Age . As for the decay of mental faculties which often takes place in old age , every one is aware of it ; but many overlook one kind of it which is far from uncommon ; namely , when a man of superior intelligence ...
... Essay , Of Youth and Age . As for the decay of mental faculties which often takes place in old age , every one is aware of it ; but many overlook one kind of it which is far from uncommon ; namely , when a man of superior intelligence ...
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... Essay XXXVII .: Of Ambition . Ambitious men , if they be checked in their desires , become secretly discontent , and look upon men and matters with an evil eye . LORD BACON . Although imitation is one of the great instru ments used by ...
... Essay XXXVII .: Of Ambition . Ambitious men , if they be checked in their desires , become secretly discontent , and look upon men and matters with an evil eye . LORD BACON . Although imitation is one of the great instru ments used by ...
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... Essay LVIII .: Of Anger . There is no affectation in passion ; for that putteth a man out of his precepts , and in a new case there custom leaveth him . LORD BACON . Choleric and quarrelsome persons will engage one into their quarrels ...
... Essay LVIII .: Of Anger . There is no affectation in passion ; for that putteth a man out of his precepts , and in a new case there custom leaveth him . LORD BACON . Choleric and quarrelsome persons will engage one into their quarrels ...
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