Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 77
... sometimes upon a building ; sometimes upon erecting of an order ; sometimes upon the advancing of a person ; sometimes upon obtaining excellency in some art or feat of the hand , as Nero for playing on the harp ; Domi- tian for ...
... sometimes upon a building ; sometimes upon erecting of an order ; sometimes upon the advancing of a person ; sometimes upon obtaining excellency in some art or feat of the hand , as Nero for playing on the harp ; Domi- tian for ...
Page 116
... sometimes too piercing and corrosive ; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead ; observing our faults in others is sometimes im- proper for our case ; but the best receipt ( best , I say , to work , and best to take ) ...
... sometimes too piercing and corrosive ; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead ; observing our faults in others is sometimes im- proper for our case ; but the best receipt ( best , I say , to work , and best to take ) ...
Page 127
... sometimes to nations . Add to this their custom of plantation of colonies , whereby the Roman plant was removed into the soil of other nations , and , putting both constitutions together , you will say that it was not the Romans that ...
... sometimes to nations . Add to this their custom of plantation of colonies , whereby the Roman plant was removed into the soil of other nations , and , putting both constitutions together , you will say that it was not the Romans that ...
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