A manual of essays, selected from various authors, Band 11818 |
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... action , till they have passed the meridian of their years ; as it was with Julius Cæsar , and Septimus Severus , of the latter of whom it is said " Juventutem egit erroribus , imo furoribus , plenam . " And yet he was the ablest ...
... action , till they have passed the meridian of their years ; as it was with Julius Cæsar , and Septimus Severus , of the latter of whom it is said " Juventutem egit erroribus , imo furoribus , plenam . " And yet he was the ablest ...
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... actions and their lives . Besides all this there is another sort of variety among us , which arises from our climate and the dispositions it naturally produces . We are not only more unlike one another than any nation I know , but we ...
... actions and their lives . Besides all this there is another sort of variety among us , which arises from our climate and the dispositions it naturally produces . We are not only more unlike one another than any nation I know , but we ...
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... actions to Argus with his hundred eyes , and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch and then to speed . The helmet of Pluto , which makes the politic man go invisible , is secrecy in the counsel , and celerity in ...
... actions to Argus with his hundred eyes , and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch and then to speed . The helmet of Pluto , which makes the politic man go invisible , is secrecy in the counsel , and celerity in ...
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... action which he does not understand . To interpret thus will render him often mistaken and always uneasy ; it is the way never to be kind to others nor just to himself . ESSAY 17 . " SOLITUDE . ( Cowley . ) 72 ESSAY 16 . Obscurity a ...
... action which he does not understand . To interpret thus will render him often mistaken and always uneasy ; it is the way never to be kind to others nor just to himself . ESSAY 17 . " SOLITUDE . ( Cowley . ) 72 ESSAY 16 . Obscurity a ...
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... action . A man may die old at thirty , and a child at fourscore . To nurse up the vital flame as long as the matter will last , is not always good husbandry . It is much better to cover it with an extinguisher of honour , than let it ...
... action . A man may die old at thirty , and a child at fourscore . To nurse up the vital flame as long as the matter will last , is not always good husbandry . It is much better to cover it with an extinguisher of honour , than let it ...
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à corps perdu actions admirable advantage affections agreeable antient beauty Beelzebub Ben Jonson better body born for love Cæsar called cern chuse common compass courage Cowley danger deceived defects delight disposition divine Domitian envy Epicurus ESSAY esteem evil excellent fancy fear force fortune friends genius happy honour Horace human humour imagination industry judge judgment Julius Cæsar kind labour laws less liberty live look Lord Bacon Lord Clarendon Lord Shaftesbury Lucretius mankind mean ment mind miscellany mour nation nature ness never object observation occasion opinion passions perfection perhaps persons philosophers pleasure poetry poets praise pretenders princes reason rience Seneca the elder Septimus Severus shew Sir William Temple sort spirit suspicions taste temper thing thought tion true truth uncon vanity verses virtue wisdom wise wonder writing youth