The Harvard Classics, Volume 34P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1910 - Literature |
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... Honour , and Worthiness . 362 373 374 Chapter XI - Of the Difference of Manners 384 Chapter XII - Of Religion 391 Chapter XIII - Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery . 402 Chapter XIV - Of the ...
... Honour , and Worthiness . 362 373 374 Chapter XI - Of the Difference of Manners 384 Chapter XII - Of Religion 391 Chapter XIII - Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery . 402 Chapter XIV - Of the ...
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... honours and riches ; and in fine , that it is useful to bestow some attention upon all , even upon those abounding the most in superstition and error , that we may be in a position to determine their real value , and guard against being ...
... honours and riches ; and in fine , that it is useful to bestow some attention upon all , even upon those abounding the most in superstition and error , that we may be in a position to determine their real value , and guard against being ...
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... honour nor the gain held out by them was sufficient to determine me to their cultivation : for I was not , thank Heaven , in a condition which compelled me to make merchandise of Science for the bettering of my for- tune ; and though I ...
... honour nor the gain held out by them was sufficient to determine me to their cultivation : for I was not , thank Heaven , in a condition which compelled me to make merchandise of Science for the bettering of my for- tune ; and though I ...
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... honour of having broken the ice on this subject , and of having been the first to teach that there are many small passages at the extremities of the arteries , through which the blood received by them from the heart passes into the ...
... honour of having broken the ice on this subject , and of having been the first to teach that there are many small passages at the extremities of the arteries , through which the blood received by them from the heart passes into the ...
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... , bending forwards and advancing , as is usual with us , one leg towards him , " I flatter myself that my just curiosity will not give you the least offense , and that 16 66 66 you'll do me the honour to inform 65 Letter I-On the Quakers.
... , bending forwards and advancing , as is usual with us , one leg towards him , " I flatter myself that my just curiosity will not give you the least offense , and that 16 66 66 you'll do me the honour to inform 65 Letter I-On the Quakers.
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Page 135 - To die — to sleep ; — To sleep ! perchance to dream : — ay, there's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 136 - No traveller returns, — puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus, conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
Page 319 - CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man; though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which the sovereignty is an artificial soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body...
Page 403 - Also because there be some, that taking pleasure in contemplating their own power in the acts of conquest, which they pursue farther than their security requires; if others, that otherwise would be glad to be at ease within modest bounds, should not by invasion increase their power, they would not be able, long time, by standing only on their defence, to subsist. And by consequence, such augmentation of dominion over men, being necessary to a man's conservation, it ought to be allowed him. 5. Again,...
Page 67 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 319 - NATUKK, the art whereby God hath made and governs the world, is by the 'art' of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal.
Page 209 - ... a just mean between the indolence of the primitive state and the petulant activity of our egoism, must have been the happiest and most stable of epochs.
Page 135 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes...
Page 331 - The second is more constant; as being ' regulated' by some desire and design. For the impression made by such things as we desire, or fear, is strong and permanent, or, if it cease for a time, of quick return: so strong it is sometimes as to hinder and break our sleep.
Page 137 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.