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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... desire to excel in too many matters , out of levity and vain - glory , are ever envious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible but many , in some one of those things , should sur- pass them . Which was the character of Adrian ...
... desire to excel in too many matters , out of levity and vain - glory , are ever envious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible but many , in some one of those things , should sur- pass them . Which was the character of Adrian ...
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... desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excess , neither can angel or man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted ...
... desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excess , neither can angel or man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted ...
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... desire to be secretary in the declination of a monarchy . The first man took hold of it , and found means it was told the queen ; who hearing of a declination of the mon- archy , took it so ill , as she would never after hear of the ...
... desire to be secretary in the declination of a monarchy . The first man took hold of it , and found means it was told the queen ; who hearing of a declination of the mon- archy , took it so ill , as she would never after hear of the ...
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... desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation : such as is found to have been falsely and feignedly in some of the heathen ; as Epimenides the Candian , Numa the Roman , Empedocles the Sicilian , and Apollonius of Tyana ...
... desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation : such as is found to have been falsely and feignedly in some of the heathen ; as Epimenides the Candian , Numa the Roman , Empedocles the Sicilian , and Apollonius of Tyana ...
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... desire of some things which they principally take to heart ; the bestow- ing of a child , the finishing of a work ... desires . A man hath a body , and that body is confined to a place ; but where friendship is , all offices of life are ...
... desire of some things which they principally take to heart ; the bestow- ing of a child , the finishing of a work ... desires . A man hath a body , and that body is confined to a place ; but where friendship is , all offices of life are ...
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