Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 21
... arts of her hus- band , and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius ; and again , when Mucianus encourageth Vespasian to take arms against Vitellius , he saith , We rise not ...
... arts of her hus- band , and dissimulation of her son ; attributing arts or policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius ; and again , when Mucianus encourageth Vespasian to take arms against Vitellius , he saith , We rise not ...
Page 128
... arts , and delicate manufactures ( that require rather the finger than the arm ) , have in their nature a contrariety to a military disposition ; and , generally , all warlike people are a little idle , and love danger better than ...
... arts , and delicate manufactures ( that require rather the finger than the arm ) , have in their nature a contrariety to a military disposition ; and , generally , all warlike people are a little idle , and love danger better than ...
Page 221
... arts of ostentation ; and amongst those arts there is none better than that which Plinius Secundus speaketh of , which is to be liberal of praise and commendation to others , in that wherein a man's self hath any perfection . For ...
... arts of ostentation ; and amongst those arts there is none better than that which Plinius Secundus speaketh of , which is to be liberal of praise and commendation to others , in that wherein a man's self hath any perfection . For ...
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