Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1984 - 294 pages |
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Page 141
... Fortune to proceed from the mighty hand of God ; which I will by no means go about to withstand . But you will say ... Fortune : the most impious ( if prosperous ) have ever been applauded ; the most virtuous ( if unprosperous ) have ...
... Fortune to proceed from the mighty hand of God ; which I will by no means go about to withstand . But you will say ... Fortune : the most impious ( if prosperous ) have ever been applauded ; the most virtuous ( if unprosperous ) have ...
Page 151
... Fortune : and of the reason of some things that seem to be by fortune , and against reason and Providence . But it may be objected , that if Fortune and Chance were not sometimes the causes of good and evil in men , but an idle voice ...
... Fortune : and of the reason of some things that seem to be by fortune , and against reason and Providence . But it may be objected , that if Fortune and Chance were not sometimes the causes of good and evil in men , but an idle voice ...
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... Fortune , and not Fortune to the will and disposition of men . Thẹ Land , besides other incommodities , will be found by so much the more an enemy , by how much the unsatiate desire of man to obtain more and more thereof , doth lead him ...
... Fortune , and not Fortune to the will and disposition of men . Thẹ Land , besides other incommodities , will be found by so much the more an enemy , by how much the unsatiate desire of man to obtain more and more thereof , doth lead him ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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