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Page vii
... true ones fail . 6. We fhould judge of People's Actions by their Intentions 7. On Idlenefs 8. On Meinery and Lying · 35 38 40 9. On a ready or flow Manner of speaking 47 19. On Oracles 52 11. On Ceremonies 58 12. On Fear and Fortitude ...
... true ones fail . 6. We fhould judge of People's Actions by their Intentions 7. On Idlenefs 8. On Meinery and Lying · 35 38 40 9. On a ready or flow Manner of speaking 47 19. On Oracles 52 11. On Ceremonies 58 12. On Fear and Fortitude ...
Page xxv
... true idea of the power of Custom , who invented the story of a countrywoman , who having accuf- tomed herself to carry a calf in her arms from the hour of its birth , and daily continuing to do so , was able to bear it when it was grown ...
... true idea of the power of Custom , who invented the story of a countrywoman , who having accuf- tomed herself to carry a calf in her arms from the hour of its birth , and daily continuing to do so , was able to bear it when it was grown ...
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... true idea of the power of Custom , who invented the ftory of a countrywoman , who having accuf- tomed herself to carry a calf in her arms from the hour of its birth , and daily continuing to do so , was able to bear it when it was grown ...
... true idea of the power of Custom , who invented the ftory of a countrywoman , who having accuf- tomed herself to carry a calf in her arms from the hour of its birth , and daily continuing to do so , was able to bear it when it was grown ...
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... true , every one commending his own master , and magnify- ing his virtues . Some , perhaps , may condemn the freedom of the soldier , who unequivocally answered Nero , when he was interrogated why he bore him ill - will ? I loved thee ...
... true , every one commending his own master , and magnify- ing his virtues . Some , perhaps , may condemn the freedom of the soldier , who unequivocally answered Nero , when he was interrogated why he bore him ill - will ? I loved thee ...
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... true ones fail . A Gentleman who was much troubled with the gout , being advised by his physicians to for- bear eating salt meat , answered pleasantly , that when he was subject to the violent paroxisms he liked to throw the blame upon ...
... true ones fail . A Gentleman who was much troubled with the gout , being advised by his physicians to for- bear eating salt meat , answered pleasantly , that when he was subject to the violent paroxisms he liked to throw the blame upon ...
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Page 69 - And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Page 116 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Page 117 - Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another ? And should we change with human breed, Well might we pass for fools indeed.
Page 134 - But, withal, let my governor remember to what end his instructions are principally directed, and that he do not so much imprint in his pupil's memory the date of the ruin of Carthage, as the manners of Hannibal and Scipio; nor so much where Marcellus died, as why it was unworthy of his duty that he died there.
Page 76 - Proferpine for ever treads In paths unfeen, o'er our devoted heads ; And on the fpacious land, and liquid main, Spreads flow difeafe, or darts affliftive pain : Variety of deaths confirm her endlefs reign.
Page 62 - Deeper to wound, fhe fhuns the fight ; She drops her arms, to gain the field ; Secures her conqueft by her flight ; And triumphs, when fhe feems to yield. VIII. So, when the Parthian turn'd his fteed, And from the hoftile camp withdrew, With cruel fkill the backward reed He fcnt ; and, as he fled, he flew. SEE»99 SEEING THE DUKE OF ORMOND'S PICTURE AT SIR GODFREY KNELLER'S.
Page 68 - Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's...
Page 76 - Too foon •Convinc'd, fhall yield that fleeting breath, Which play'd fo idly with the darts of death. Some from the ftranded veflel force their way ; Fearful of Fate, they meet it in the fea : Some who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave : In journies or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring, Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring; Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed hour, All aft fubfervient...
Page 8 - ... that his father had beaten his grandfather, and his grandfather his great grandfather ; and pointing to his son he said, ' This little fellow will beat me when he has grown to be a man : — it is a constitutional weakness in our family.
Page xviii - France who served under six kings, Francis I., Henry II., Francis II., Charles IX., Henry III., and Henry IV. He distinguished himself at the battles of Dreux, Saint-Denis, Montcontour, and in the famous siege of Rochelle in 1573.