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Page 33
... appear more important and internal ; so in a man of business conversation and the management thereof , though employed on external objects , finds , if not the highest , yet at all events an eminent place . For look what an effect is ...
... appear more important and internal ; so in a man of business conversation and the management thereof , though employed on external objects , finds , if not the highest , yet at all events an eminent place . For look what an effect is ...
Page 43
... appear bold councillors , and insult those who make a just estimate of them , as cowards . They sneer at seasonable delays and careful discussions in consultation and deliberation , as mere matter of oratory , full of weariness , and ...
... appear bold councillors , and insult those who make a just estimate of them , as cowards . They sneer at seasonable delays and careful discussions in consultation and deliberation , as mere matter of oratory , full of weariness , and ...
Page 46
... appear that he is insensible to the indignation of the prince , or not properly affected by it : that is , let him compose his countenance not to a sullen gloom but to a grave and modest sad- ness ; and in all his duties and actions let ...
... appear that he is insensible to the indignation of the prince , or not properly affected by it : that is , let him compose his countenance not to a sullen gloom but to a grave and modest sad- ness ; and in all his duties and actions let ...
Page 53
... , which is credit ; whence he will find everything turn out other- wise than he expects . Lastly , these very arts , however fair and Prov . xiv . 8. 15 . specious they may appear , generally fail : as Tacitus E 3 THE EIGHTH BOOK . 53.
... , which is credit ; whence he will find everything turn out other- wise than he expects . Lastly , these very arts , however fair and Prov . xiv . 8. 15 . specious they may appear , generally fail : as Tacitus E 3 THE EIGHTH BOOK . 53.
Page 54
... appear , generally fail : as Tacitus has well remarked , " Bold and crafty counsels are fair in promise , hard in execution , and unfortunate in issue . " 1 PROVERB . ( 31. ) Be not righteous overmuch , neither make thyself over wise ...
... appear , generally fail : as Tacitus has well remarked , " Bold and crafty counsels are fair in promise , hard in execution , and unfortunate in issue . " 1 PROVERB . ( 31. ) Be not righteous overmuch , neither make thyself over wise ...
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