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... wise so plain and obvious , that they will scarce think it deserves the labour of argu- mentation . Let us first consider the ambitious ; and those , both in their progress to greatness , and after the attaining 2 Cowley had spent not ...
... wise so plain and obvious , that they will scarce think it deserves the labour of argu- mentation . Let us first consider the ambitious ; and those , both in their progress to greatness , and after the attaining 2 Cowley had spent not ...
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... wise man who has dominion over himself : whom neither poverty , death , nor chains affright , who checks his appetites , contemns honours , & c . " One of Horace's slaves , taking advantage of the Saturnalia , reads his master a fine ...
... wise man who has dominion over himself : whom neither poverty , death , nor chains affright , who checks his appetites , contemns honours , & c . " One of Horace's slaves , taking advantage of the Saturnalia , reads his master a fine ...
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... wise , most worthy , most happy , and the greatest of all mankind . His meaning , no doubt , was this , that he found more satisfaction to his mind , and more improvement of it , by solitude than by com- pany ; and , to shew that he ...
... wise , most worthy , most happy , and the greatest of all mankind . His meaning , no doubt , was this , that he found more satisfaction to his mind , and more improvement of it , by solitude than by com- pany ; and , to shew that he ...
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... wise ! The first minister of state has not so much business in public , as a wise man has in private : if the one have little leisure to be alone , the other has less leisure to be 5 Lex de Parricidis . 6 " vita , misero longa , felici ...
... wise ! The first minister of state has not so much business in public , as a wise man has in private : if the one have little leisure to be alone , the other has less leisure to be 5 Lex de Parricidis . 6 " vita , misero longa , felici ...
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... wise man tremble to think of . Now , as for being known much by sight , and pointed at , I cannot com- prehend the honour that lies in that : whatsoever it be , every mountebank has it more than the best doctor , and the hangman more ...
... wise man tremble to think of . Now , as for being known much by sight , and pointed at , I cannot com- prehend the honour that lies in that : whatsoever it be , every mountebank has it more than the best doctor , and the hangman more ...
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Page 122 - The Wish Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the soonest cloy; And they, methinks, deserve my pity Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 119 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave.
Page 118 - T is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself ;* it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me from being scandalous, or remarkable on the defective side.
Page 121 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there.
Page 7 - The books discussed in this volume are no less valuable than they are rare, and the compiler is entitled to the gratitude of the public. Observer. The Silent Hour : Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Page 7 - We should be glad if any words of ours could help to bespeak a large circulation for this handsome attractive book." — Illustrated Times. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. Edited, with Notes. by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Page 77 - If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat With any wish so mean as to be great; Continue, Heaven, still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love.