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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... side , they are more cruel and hard- hearted , good to make severe inquisitors , because their tenderness is not so oft called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving husbands : as was said of ...
... side , they are more cruel and hard- hearted , good to make severe inquisitors , because their tenderness is not so oft called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving husbands : as was said of ...
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... side , and affect a credit to object and foretell difficulties : for when propositions are denied , there is an end of them ; but if they be allowed , it requireth a new work : which false point of wisdom is the bane of business . To ...
... side , and affect a credit to object and foretell difficulties : for when propositions are denied , there is an end of them ; but if they be allowed , it requireth a new work : which false point of wisdom is the bane of business . To ...
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... side , heat and vivacity in age is an excellent composi tion for business . Young men are fitter to invent than to judge ; fitter for execution than for counsel ; and fitter for new projects than for settled business . For the ...
... side , heat and vivacity in age is an excellent composi tion for business . Young men are fitter to invent than to judge ; fitter for execution than for counsel ; and fitter for new projects than for settled business . For the ...
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... side , though she seemed to make peace with them ; but to place all things she gave them so as she might ask them again without their trouble - she might take them from them , not pull them ; to keep always a distance between her and ...
... side , though she seemed to make peace with them ; but to place all things she gave them so as she might ask them again without their trouble - she might take them from them , not pull them ; to keep always a distance between her and ...
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... side idolatry , as much as any . He was ( indeed ) honest , and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent ... sides , that knew no mean , either to intermit his studies , or call upon them again . When he hath set himself to writing ...
... side idolatry , as much as any . He was ( indeed ) honest , and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent ... sides , that knew no mean , either to intermit his studies , or call upon them again . When he hath set himself to writing ...
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