EssaysA.L. Bart, 1800 |
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Strana 20
... look ; what , says the conqueror ( observing his obstinate silence ) is he too stiff to bend a knee ! is he too proud to utter one suppliant word ! I shall certainly conquer this silence ; and if I cannot force a word from his mouth , I ...
... look ; what , says the conqueror ( observing his obstinate silence ) is he too stiff to bend a knee ! is he too proud to utter one suppliant word ! I shall certainly conquer this silence ; and if I cannot force a word from his mouth , I ...
Strana 24
... look upon that to be the best , by which the actions of princes are to be examined and sifted after their decease . They are equal at least , while living , if not above the laws , and therefore what justice could not inflict upon their ...
... look upon that to be the best , by which the actions of princes are to be examined and sifted after their decease . They are equal at least , while living , if not above the laws , and therefore what justice could not inflict upon their ...
Strana 43
... look'd upon this Merveille for other than a private gentleman , and his own subject , who was there only in order to his own business , neither had he ever liv'd after any other manner ; absolutely disowning that he had ever heard he ...
... look'd upon this Merveille for other than a private gentleman , and his own subject , who was there only in order to his own business , neither had he ever liv'd after any other manner ; absolutely disowning that he had ever heard he ...
Strana 48
... look you ( saith he ) you who think the Gods have no care of human things , what do you say by so many person's preserv'd from death by their especial favour ? " " Why , I say , ( answer'd he ) that their pictures are not here who were ...
... look you ( saith he ) you who think the Gods have no care of human things , what do you say by so many person's preserv'd from death by their especial favour ? " " Why , I say , ( answer'd he ) that their pictures are not here who were ...
Strana 57
... look upon himself as inferior in authority , so also in prudence and good counsel : but let it be how it will , I for my part would be loth to be so served in my little concerns . We do so willingly slip the collar of command upon any ...
... look upon himself as inferior in authority , so also in prudence and good counsel : but let it be how it will , I for my part would be loth to be so served in my little concerns . We do so willingly slip the collar of command upon any ...
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according actions Æneid affairs amongst ancient Antisthenes Aristippus Aristotle arms authority battel beasts believe better betwixt body Cæsar call'd caus'd CHAP Chrysippus Cicero command condition contrary custom dæmon danger death Democritus discourse divine effect emperour enemy Epaminondas Epicurus Epig example expence extream eyes fancy fantastick father favour fear fortune friends Gaul give glory greater greatest hand Heraclitus honour horse human humour imagination judge judgment Julius Cæsar king knowledge laws learning liberty liv'd live Lycurgus Macedon manner master means mind Montaigne nature necessity never nihil opinion Ovid pain passion peradventure philosophers physician Plato pleasure Plutarch Pompey present princes publick quæ quam quod reason receiv'd reputation Rome Scythians shew Socrates soever sort soul speak things thou thought tion true truth understanding valour vertue vice wherein whilst withal words Xenophon
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Strana 414 - Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Strana 276 - Immunis aram si tetigit manus, Non sumptuosa blandior hostia Mollivit aversos Penates Farre pio et saliente mica.
Strana 139 - Not that fine speaking is not a very good and commendable quality; but not so excellent and so necessary as some would make it; and I am scandalized that our whole life should be spent in nothing else. I would first understand my own language, and that of my neighbours with whom most of my business and conversation lies.
Strana 108 - All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not the science of honesty and goodness.
Strana 41 - We are not men, nor have other tie upon one another, but by our word. If we did but discover the horror and gravity of it, we should pursue it with fire and sword, and more justly than other crimes.
Strana 662 - I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare: and I dare a little the more, as I grow older; for methinks custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion of talking of a man's self.
Strana 303 - Still earlier, Rabelais cites him with due respect. Montaigne, in 1589, says: " We dunces had been lost, had not this book raised us out of the dirt. By this favor of his we dare now speak and write. The ladies are able to read to schoolmasters. 'Tis our breviary.
Strana 83 - ... pound them to a pulp, which they mix with their wine, and drink it; where the...
Strana 267 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Strana 64 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.