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... better employed . ' It is pity , ' we sometimes hear it said , ' that such and such an author does not express in simple , intelligible , unaffected English such admirable matter as his . ' They little think that it is the strangeness ...
... better employed . ' It is pity , ' we sometimes hear it said , ' that such and such an author does not express in simple , intelligible , unaffected English such admirable matter as his . ' They little think that it is the strangeness ...
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... better the telescope you apply to them . " The ' dark sayings , ' on the contrary , of some admired writers , may be compared to a fog - bank at sea , which the navigator at first glance takes for a chain of majestic mountains , but ...
... better the telescope you apply to them . " The ' dark sayings , ' on the contrary , of some admired writers , may be compared to a fog - bank at sea , which the navigator at first glance takes for a chain of majestic mountains , but ...
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... better illustrations than those here given , has only to edit the Essays himself with such extracts as he prefers . To the present edition some additions have been made ; one of which a short Annotation ' on Essay XLVI . - has been ...
... better illustrations than those here given , has only to edit the Essays himself with such extracts as he prefers . To the present edition some additions have been made ; one of which a short Annotation ' on Essay XLVI . - has been ...
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... Better , saith he , qui finem vitæ ex- tremum inter munera ponat naturæ . It is as natural to die " as to be born ; and to a little infant , perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like one ...
... Better , saith he , qui finem vitæ ex- tremum inter munera ponat naturæ . It is as natural to die " as to be born ; and to a little infant , perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like one ...
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... better in the world from the honesty , frugality , and temperance which he may be practising from higher motives . And there is not even anything necessarily wrong in aiming at temporal advantages . But whoever is resolved on obtaining ...
... better in the world from the honesty , frugality , and temperance which he may be practising from higher motives . And there is not even anything necessarily wrong in aiming at temporal advantages . But whoever is resolved on obtaining ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word