Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 37
... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odor ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions ; for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odor ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions ; for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
Page 47
... Action . What next ? -Action . What next again ? -Action.1 He said it that knew it best , and had , by nature , himself no advan- tage in that he commended . A strange thing , that that part of an orator which is but superficial , and ...
... Action . What next ? -Action . What next again ? -Action.1 He said it that knew it best , and had , by nature , himself no advan- tage in that he commended . A strange thing , that that part of an orator which is but superficial , and ...
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... actions of a state , and the most plausible , and which ought to give greatest contentment , are taken in ill sense , and traduced ; for that shows the envy great , as Tacitus saith , When great dislike [ of the government ] prevails ...
... actions of a state , and the most plausible , and which ought to give greatest contentment , are taken in ill sense , and traduced ; for that shows the envy great , as Tacitus saith , When great dislike [ of the government ] prevails ...
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