Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 42
... reason why you should wish to live.1 Nay , retire men cannot when they would , neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness , which require the shadow ; like old townsmen that will be ...
... reason why you should wish to live.1 Nay , retire men cannot when they would , neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness , which require the shadow ; like old townsmen that will be ...
Page 55
... reason the memory of their virtues remain to their posterity , and their faults die with them- selves . Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry , and he that is not industrious envieth him that is ; besides , noble persons cannot go ...
... reason the memory of their virtues remain to their posterity , and their faults die with them- selves . Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry , and he that is not industrious envieth him that is ; besides , noble persons cannot go ...
Page 183
... reason of de- formed persons . Still the ground is , they will , if they be of spirit , seek to free themselves from scorn , which must be either by virtue or malice ; and , therefore , let it not be marvelled , if sometimes they prove ...
... reason of de- formed persons . Still the ground is , they will , if they be of spirit , seek to free themselves from scorn , which must be either by virtue or malice ; and , therefore , let it not be marvelled , if sometimes they prove ...
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