The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin : with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical NotesW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 |
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... believe it , the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis ; ' " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also ; that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy- " Extinctus amabitur idem . " OF ...
... believe it , the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis ; ' " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also ; that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy- " Extinctus amabitur idem . " OF ...
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... believe it , or be persuaded of it . For none deny there is a God , but those for whom it maketh that there were no God . It appeareth in nothing more , that atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man , than by this ; that ...
... believe it , or be persuaded of it . For none deny there is a God , but those for whom it maketh that there were no God . It appeareth in nothing more , that atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man , than by this ; that ...
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... Believe not much them that seem to despise riches ; for they despise them that despair of them : and none worse when they come to them . Be not penny - wise , riches have wings , and sometimes they fly away of themselves , sometimes ...
... Believe not much them that seem to despise riches ; for they despise them that despair of them : and none worse when they come to them . Be not penny - wise , riches have wings , and sometimes they fly away of themselves , sometimes ...
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... believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed , and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is , some books are to be read only in ...
... believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed , and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is , some books are to be read only in ...
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... believe that any man fears to be dead , but only the stroke of death : and such are my hopes , that if Heaven be pleased , and nature renew but my lease for twenty - one years more , without asking longer days , I shall be strong enough ...
... believe that any man fears to be dead , but only the stroke of death : and such are my hopes , that if Heaven be pleased , and nature renew but my lease for twenty - one years more , without asking longer days , I shall be strong enough ...
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