 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...is more treacherous and dangerous when she caresses, than when she dismays. How often have we seen those overthrown by good fortune, who could never .be shaken by bad! Petrarch. Sick of his bliss, and bent on new adventures, Evil he would needs try, nor tried in vain.... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...prosperity ; and that fortune is more treacherous and dangerous when she caresses than when she dis mays. Experience has taught me this, not books or arguments....the wealth of all men ; and shall I not discourse on these with my dear Azon ? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...answer he made was this, That I do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws. He was You know the short time this work has taken. I have...the wealth of all men ; and shall I not discourse on these with my dear Azon ? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...different opinion, and believe it more easy to support adversity than prosperity ; and that fortuns is more treacherous and dangerous when she caresses...the wealth of all men ; and shall I not discourse on these with my dear Azon ? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...different opmion, aud believe it more easy to support adversity than prosperity ; and that fortune is ruore treacherous and dangerous when she caresses than when...the wealth of all men ; and shall I not discourse on these with my dear Azon 1 I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...honours. How often have we beheld those overthrown by good fortune who could never be shaken by bad I t, indeed, upon their posterity ; but only serves...own I cannot boast of the deeds of my forefathers; on these with my dear Azon? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...seen none whose heads have not been turned by power, riches, and honours. How often have we behold π T/ whit might shine than to what might be useful on this subject. Truth and virtue are the wealth of all... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 450 pages
...death, with courage; but I have seen none whose heads have not been turned by power, riches, and honors. How often have we beheld those overthrown by good...are the wealth of all men; and shall I not discourse on these with my dear Azon ? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box, a friendly antidote... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis Whiting Halsey - Literature - 1909 - 276 pages
...with courage; but I have seen none whose" heads have not been turned by power, riches, and honors. How often have we beheld those overthrown by good...and virtue are the wealth of all men; and shall I 164 not discourse on these with my dear Azon? I would prepare for you, as in a little portable box,... | |
 | 1873 - 424 pages
...have seen none whoso heads have not been turned by power, riches, and honors. How often have we bebeld those overthrown by good fortune, who could never...might be useful on this subject. Truth and virtue ore the wealth of all men; and shall Ijiot discourse on these with my dear Azon ? I would prepare for... | |
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Experience has taught me this, not books or arguments. I have seen many persons sustain great losses, poverty, exile, tortures, death, and even disorders that were worse than death, with courage ; but I have seen none whose heads have not been turned... 