Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him . Revenge triumphs over death : love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre - occupateth3 it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain ...
... hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him . Revenge triumphs over death : love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre - occupateth3 it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain ...
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... hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extin- guisheth envy : Extinctus amabitur idem . " 10 1. Provoke . To excite ; to move ( to exertion or feeling of any kind ...
... hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extin- guisheth envy : Extinctus amabitur idem . " 10 1. Provoke . To excite ; to move ( to exertion or feeling of any kind ...
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... hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ? ' Bacon might have added , that the generosity extended to the departed is sometimes carried rather to an extreme . To abstain from censure of them is ...
... hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ? ' Bacon might have added , that the generosity extended to the departed is sometimes carried rather to an extreme . To abstain from censure of them is ...
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... hath this attribute , that He is a jealous God ; and therefore his worship and reli- gion will endure no mixture nor partner . We shall therefore speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church ; what are the fruits thereof ; what ...
... hath this attribute , that He is a jealous God ; and therefore his worship and reli- gion will endure no mixture nor partner . We shall therefore speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church ; what are the fruits thereof ; what ...
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... hath a diverse ' posture , or cringe , by themselves , which cannot but move derision in worldlings and depraved politics , who are apt to contemn holy things . 6 As for the fruit towards those that are within , it is peace , which ...
... hath a diverse ' posture , or cringe , by themselves , which cannot but move derision in worldlings and depraved politics , who are apt to contemn holy things . 6 As for the fruit towards those that are within , it is peace , which ...
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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