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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... sure to make good their own folly . OF ENVY . There be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate or bewitch , but love and envy . They both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imaginations and ...
... sure to make good their own folly . OF ENVY . There be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate or bewitch , but love and envy . They both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imaginations and ...
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... sure rule , that if the envy upon the minister be great , when the cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general in a manner upon all the minis- ters of an estate , then the envy , though hidden , is truly upon the estate ...
... sure rule , that if the envy upon the minister be great , when the cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general in a manner upon all the minis- ters of an estate , then the envy , though hidden , is truly upon the estate ...
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... sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall . It is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who digged and made room for him . It is the wisdom of crocodiles , that shed tears when they would devour . But that which is ...
... sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall . It is the wisdom of the fox , that thrusts out the badger , who digged and made room for him . It is the wisdom of crocodiles , that shed tears when they would devour . But that which is ...
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... sure to know more of the ❘ be a wise man , he speaks so much of himself : " truth of them than he did before ; and withal and there is but one case wherein a man may shall make that party more circumspect not to commend himself with ...
... sure to know more of the ❘ be a wise man , he speaks so much of himself : " truth of them than he did before ; and withal and there is but one case wherein a man may shall make that party more circumspect not to commend himself with ...
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... sure of familiarity ; and therefore it is good a little to keep state . Amongst a man's inferiors one shall be sure of reverence ; and therefore it is good a little to be familiar . He that is too much in anything , so that he giveth ...
... sure of familiarity ; and therefore it is good a little to keep state . Amongst a man's inferiors one shall be sure of reverence ; and therefore it is good a little to be familiar . He that is too much in anything , so that he giveth ...
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