The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John RuskinW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 - 536 Seiten |
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... riches , Of ambition , · Of nature in men , Of custom and education , Of fortune , • Of youth and age , Of beauty , Of negotiating , Of studies , • Of ceremonies and respects , Of praise , Of vain - glory , An essay on death , BEN ...
... riches , Of ambition , · Of nature in men , Of custom and education , Of fortune , • Of youth and age , Of beauty , Of negotiating , Of studies , • Of ceremonies and respects , Of praise , Of vain - glory , An essay on death , BEN ...
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... rich man ; and another except to it , Yea , but he hath a great charge of children : as if it were an abatement to his riches . But the most ordinary cause of a single life is liberty ; especially in certain self - pleasing and humorous ...
... rich man ; and another except to it , Yea , but he hath a great charge of children : as if it were an abatement to his riches . But the most ordinary cause of a single life is liberty ; especially in certain self - pleasing and humorous ...
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... riches and wisdom . This passion hath its floods in the very times of weakness , which are great prosper- ity , and great adversity : though this latter hath been less observed : which both times kindle love , and make it more fervent ...
... riches and wisdom . This passion hath its floods in the very times of weakness , which are great prosper- ity , and great adversity : though this latter hath been less observed : which both times kindle love , and make it more fervent ...
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... Riches are for spending ; and spending for honour and good actions . Therefore extraordin ary expense must be ... rich , but to the third part . It is no baseness for the greatest , to descend and look into their own estate . Some ...
... Riches are for spending ; and spending for honour and good actions . Therefore extraordin ary expense must be ... rich , but to the third part . It is no baseness for the greatest , to descend and look into their own estate . Some ...
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... do him no hurt . Suspicions that the mind of itself gathers are but buzzes : but suspicions that are artificially For certainly great riches have sold more men than they 26 THE ENGLISH ESSAYISTS . Of regimen of health, Of suspicion,
... do him no hurt . Suspicions that the mind of itself gathers are but buzzes : but suspicions that are artificially For certainly great riches have sold more men than they 26 THE ENGLISH ESSAYISTS . Of regimen of health, Of suspicion,
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