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... wise and pound - foolish ; ' and again , ' The more haste , the worse speed ; ' or , ' Wait awhile , that we may make an end the sooner ; ' to ' Take time by the firelock , ' or ' Time and tide for no man bide , ' & c . ' It seems , I ...
... wise and pound - foolish ; ' and again , ' The more haste , the worse speed ; ' or , ' Wait awhile , that we may make an end the sooner ; ' to ' Take time by the firelock , ' or ' Time and tide for no man bide , ' & c . ' It seems , I ...
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... wise — they are very dimly , if at all , intelligible . If the writers of them were called on to explain their meaning , as Mr. Bayes is , in The Rehearsal , they might perhaps confess as frankly as he does , that the object was merely ...
... wise — they are very dimly , if at all , intelligible . If the writers of them were called on to explain their meaning , as Mr. Bayes is , in The Rehearsal , they might perhaps confess as frankly as he does , that the object was merely ...
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... wise above what is written , -or groundless confidence in the cer- tainty of our conclusions ; but unless reason be employed in ascertaining what doctrines are revealed , humility cannot be exercised in acquiescing in them ; and there ...
... wise above what is written , -or groundless confidence in the cer- tainty of our conclusions ; but unless reason be employed in ascertaining what doctrines are revealed , humility cannot be exercised in acquiescing in them ; and there ...
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... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded " pressure of consciences , were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . 1 As . That . See page 23 . 2So many evils could religion ...
... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded " pressure of consciences , were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . 1 As . That . See page 23 . 2So many evils could religion ...
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... wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake , but thereby to purchase himself profit , or ...
... wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake , but thereby to purchase himself profit , or ...
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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