Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... saith yet excellently well , ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is ...
... saith yet excellently well , ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is ...
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... saith prettily , when he in- quired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , and such an odious charge , ' If it be well weighed , to say that a man lieth , is as much as to say that he is brave towards God , and a ...
... saith prettily , when he in- quired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , and such an odious charge , ' If it be well weighed , to say that a man lieth , is as much as to say that he is brave towards God , and a ...
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... saith of him , Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , deserebant : Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , Ut puto Deus fio : ' Galba with a sentence , Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , ' ' holding forth his neck ...
... saith of him , Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , deserebant : Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , Ut puto Deus fio : ' Galba with a sentence , Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , ' ' holding forth his neck ...
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... saith , Ecce in deserto , ' another saith , ' Ecce in penetralibus , ' ' —that is , when some men seek Christ in the conventicles of heretics , and others in an outward face of a Church , that voice had need continually to sound in ...
... saith , Ecce in deserto , ' another saith , ' Ecce in penetralibus , ' ' —that is , when some men seek Christ in the conventicles of heretics , and others in an outward face of a Church , that voice had need continually to sound in ...
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... saith , ' If a heathen come in , and hear you speak with several tongues , will he not say that you are mad ? " and certainly it is little better : when atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in ...
... saith , ' If a heathen come in , and hear you speak with several tongues , will he not say that you are mad ? " and certainly it is little better : when atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in ...
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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