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... Dangers before our Eyes ; but in Execution we should fhut our Eyes , unless the Dangers are very great . XIII . Of GOODNESS , and GOODNESS of Nature . Take GOODNESS in this Senfe , as it IT is an Affection that studies the GooD of Men ...
... Dangers before our Eyes ; but in Execution we should fhut our Eyes , unless the Dangers are very great . XIII . Of GOODNESS , and GOODNESS of Nature . Take GOODNESS in this Senfe , as it IT is an Affection that studies the GooD of Men ...
Page 69
... Danger by it . AN Inclination to GooDNESS is deeply rooted in the Nature of Man : Which , being deftitute of Matter , or Occafion to exercise it self . upon Men , will turn at least to brute Creatures , As it is seen in the Turks , a ...
... Danger by it . AN Inclination to GooDNESS is deeply rooted in the Nature of Man : Which , being deftitute of Matter , or Occafion to exercise it self . upon Men , will turn at least to brute Creatures , As it is seen in the Turks , a ...
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... Danger too in this Point , it will be worth our while to take Knowledge of the Errors that turn us out of the right Way of fo excellent an Ha- bit . Seek the Good of others fo , as not to enflave your felf to their Faces or Plea- fures ...
... Danger too in this Point , it will be worth our while to take Knowledge of the Errors that turn us out of the right Way of fo excellent an Ha- bit . Seek the Good of others fo , as not to enflave your felf to their Faces or Plea- fures ...
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... Danger is imminent and great . For the Rebellions that arife from the Bel- ly , are the worft . As for Dis AFFECTION , and DIS CONTENTMENT at the present State of Affairs ; thefe Things furely are in the Politick Body like unto ill Hu ...
... Danger is imminent and great . For the Rebellions that arife from the Bel- ly , are the worft . As for Dis AFFECTION , and DIS CONTENTMENT at the present State of Affairs ; thefe Things furely are in the Politick Body like unto ill Hu ...
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... Danger by this , whether the Things that alienate the Affections of the Peo- ple be juft , or unjuft . For that were ... dangerous DISCONTENT- MENTS , where the Fear is greater than the Feeling . Dolendi modus , Ti- mendi non item ...
... Danger by this , whether the Things that alienate the Affections of the Peo- ple be juft , or unjuft . For that were ... dangerous DISCONTENT- MENTS , where the Fear is greater than the Feeling . Dolendi modus , Ti- mendi non item ...
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Affairs againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt Anſwer Antient ATHEISM becauſe Befides beft beſt Bufinefs Buſineſs Cæfar Cafe Caufe Cauſe Certainly Cicero COUNSEL Courſe Cuſtom Danger Defire Difcourfe doth eafily ENVY eſpecially Eſtate Exerciſe EXPLICATION FACTIONS fafe faid faith fame fecret feem felf felves fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fmall fome fometimes fomewhat foon Fortune fpeak FRIEND ftrange fuch fure greateſt hath himſelf Honour Induſtry juft kind King laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Man's Matter mean meaſure Men's Mind Minifters moft moſt muſt Nature nevertheleſs NOBILITY Number Obfervation Occafion otherwiſe pafs PARABLE paſs Perfons Pleaſure Pompey Power Praiſes prefent Princes Prov publick Queſtion raiſe Reaſon reft Reign Religion Rifing ſay SEDITIONS ſeem ſeen ſelf Servants ſome ſpeak Speech ſpread Tacitus thefe themſelves ther thereof theſe Things thofe thoſe tion underſtand unleſs uſe USURY Virtue wife Wiſdom
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Page 54 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled : Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 43 - I know not how, but martial men are given to love : I think it is, but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures. There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable, as it is seen sometimes in friars.
Page 139 - Magna civitas, magna solitudo; because in a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship for the most part which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness...
Page 292 - Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like.
Page 154 - THERE is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic : a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
Page 265 - Next to that is the muskrose; then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent cordial smell; then the flower of the vines, it is a little dust like the dust of a bent, which grows upon the cluster in the first coming forth...
Page 43 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
Page 113 - The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes; and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands, — first to watch, and then to speed.
Page 27 - Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants ; but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away ; and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.