Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... speak as if Proverbs con- tained a sort of concentrated essence of the wisdom of all Ages , which will enable any one to judge and act aright on every emergency . Others , on the contrary , represent them as fit only to furnish ...
... speak as if Proverbs con- tained a sort of concentrated essence of the wisdom of all Ages , which will enable any one to judge and act aright on every emergency . Others , on the contrary , represent them as fit only to furnish ...
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... speak riddles . ' But the reviewer need not have confined his remark to poetry ; a similar taste prevails in reference to prose writers also . ' I have ventured , ' says the late Bishop Copleston ( in a letter published in the Memoir of ...
... speak riddles . ' But the reviewer need not have confined his remark to poetry ; a similar taste prevails in reference to prose writers also . ' I have ventured , ' says the late Bishop Copleston ( in a letter published in the Memoir of ...
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... speak- ing , to them only , it is given to find that the fair course , which they have pursued because it is the fair course , is also , in the long run , the most expedient . On the same principle , we are bound never to countenance ...
... speak- ing , to them only , it is given to find that the fair course , which they have pursued because it is the fair course , is also , in the long run , the most expedient . On the same principle , we are bound never to countenance ...
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... speak favourably of the dead , even when by so doing they pronounce their own condemnation . Sometimes , however , the opposite fault is committed . Strong party feeling will lead zealous partizans to misrepresent the con- duct and ...
... speak favourably of the dead , even when by so doing they pronounce their own condemnation . Sometimes , however , the opposite fault is committed . Strong party feeling will lead zealous partizans to misrepresent the con- duct and ...
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... speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church ; what are the fruits thereof ; what the bonds ; and what the means . The fruits of unity ( next unto the well - pleasing of God , which is all in all ) are two ; the one towards ...
... speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church ; what are the fruits thereof ; what the bonds ; and what the means . The fruits of unity ( next unto the well - pleasing of God , which is all in all ) are two ; the one towards ...
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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