Essays: And Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown, 1884 - 425 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 52.
xiii. lappuse
... virtue of prosperity is tem- perance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude ; which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the bless- ing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is tem- perance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude ; which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the bless- ing of the New , which carrieth the ...
xiv. lappuse
... virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . ” The Essays were immediately translated into French and Italian ...
... virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . ” The Essays were immediately translated into French and Italian ...
xxv. lappuse
... virtue and justice . Nevertheless , in many the like encounters , I do rather think that the fable was first , and the exposition then devised , than that the moral was first , and thereupon the fable framed . For I find it was an ...
... virtue and justice . Nevertheless , in many the like encounters , I do rather think that the fable was first , and the exposition then devised , than that the moral was first , and thereupon the fable framed . For I find it was an ...
26. lappuse
... virtue , forward still To urge his course ; him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd ; deep , comprehensive , clear , Exact , and elegant ; in one rich soul , Plato , the Stagyrite and Tully join'd . The great deliverer he ! It is ...
... virtue , forward still To urge his course ; him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd ; deep , comprehensive , clear , Exact , and elegant ; in one rich soul , Plato , the Stagyrite and Tully join'd . The great deliverer he ! It is ...
32. lappuse
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , " says he himself ; but this virtue he did not possess . His stately bark rode proudly over the waves , unmindful of the rocks ; on one of these , alas ! it split and foundered . Bacon was very ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , " says he himself ; but this virtue he did not possess . His stately bark rode proudly over the waves , unmindful of the rocks ; on one of these , alas ! it split and foundered . Bacon was very ...
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Achelous actions affection alludes amongst ancient Arthur Gorges arts atheism Augustus Cæsar beautiful better body boldness Cæsar called cause Certainly commonly corruption counsel court custom danger death denotes dissimulation divine doth earth England envy Epicurus Essays evil fame favor fear fortune Francis Bacon gods hand hath Henry Hippomenes honor human Instauratio Magna invented judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter justice justly kind kings Latin likewise Lord Bacon maketh man's mankind matter means men's ment mind moral motion natural philosophy nature never noble Novum Organum observed opinion Ovid passion Pentheus persons philosophy pleasure poets princes Prometheus Queen's Counsel reason received religion revenge riches saith secret servants side speak speech Tacitus thereof things thou thought Tiberius tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue whence wisdom wise words
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59. lappuse - ... it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.
66. lappuse - AND unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write • These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
168. lappuse - ... no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.