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Sida 502
... against the public , through the reve- rence we bear to the magiftrates and the laws , chiefly to thofe enacted for re- drefs of the injured , and to thofe un- written , a breach of which is allowed difgrace . Our laws have further ...
... against the public , through the reve- rence we bear to the magiftrates and the laws , chiefly to thofe enacted for re- drefs of the injured , and to thofe un- written , a breach of which is allowed difgrace . Our laws have further ...
Sida 504
... against your enemies ; not judging the expediency of this from a mere harangue where any man , in- dulging a flow of words , may tell you , what you yourfelves know as well as he , how many advantages there are in fighting valiantly against ...
... against your enemies ; not judging the expediency of this from a mere harangue where any man , in- dulging a flow of words , may tell you , what you yourfelves know as well as he , how many advantages there are in fighting valiantly against ...
Sida 506
... against sudden incurfions from abroad ; but it is by courage and prudence chiefly , that the invafions of foreign enemies are repel . led ; and by unanimity , fobriety , and juftice , that domeftic feditions are pre- vented . Cities ...
... against sudden incurfions from abroad ; but it is by courage and prudence chiefly , that the invafions of foreign enemies are repel . led ; and by unanimity , fobriety , and juftice , that domeftic feditions are pre- vented . Cities ...
Sida 511
... against ALEXANDER . Perhaps your Majefty may not bear the truth from the mouth of a Grecian , and an exile : and if I do not declare it now , I ne- verwill , perhaps I may never have another opportunity . Your Majefty's numerous army ...
... against ALEXANDER . Perhaps your Majefty may not bear the truth from the mouth of a Grecian , and an exile : and if I do not declare it now , I ne- verwill , perhaps I may never have another opportunity . Your Majefty's numerous army ...
Sida 515
... against me . It is , therefore , my fixed refolution , to ufe my beft endeavours , that you be not disappointed in me , and that their in- direct defigns against me may be de- feated . I have , from my youth , been familiar with toils ...
... against me . It is , therefore , my fixed refolution , to ufe my beft endeavours , that you be not disappointed in me , and that their in- direct defigns against me may be de- feated . I have , from my youth , been familiar with toils ...
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Sida 729 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Sida 657 - The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear ! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin...
Sida 505 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Sida 514 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Sida 883 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Sida 778 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Sida 725 - ... All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Sida 831 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Sida 870 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Sida 585 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.