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Page 501
... ment of any one perfon , when their credit muft precarioufly depend on his oration , which may be good , and may be lad . Difficult indeed it is , judi- cioufly to handle a fubject , where even prot able truth will hardly gain affent ...
... ment of any one perfon , when their credit muft precarioufly depend on his oration , which may be good , and may be lad . Difficult indeed it is , judi- cioufly to handle a fubject , where even prot able truth will hardly gain affent ...
Page 502
... ment which cannot envy the laws of our neighbours ; for it hath ferved as a mo- del to others , but is original at Athens . And this our form , as committed not to the few , but to the whole body of the people , is called a democracy ...
... ment which cannot envy the laws of our neighbours ; for it hath ferved as a mo- del to others , but is original at Athens . And this our form , as committed not to the few , but to the whole body of the people , is called a democracy ...
Page 506
... ment of his private intereft and glory . In short , he was crafty , cruel , covetous , and perfidious ; of a temper and talents greatly ferviceable abroad , but turbu lent and dangerous at home ; an impla- cable enemy to the nobles ...
... ment of his private intereft and glory . In short , he was crafty , cruel , covetous , and perfidious ; of a temper and talents greatly ferviceable abroad , but turbu lent and dangerous at home ; an impla- cable enemy to the nobles ...
Page 515
... ment , my whole fafety depends upon myfelf ; which renders it the more in- difpenfably neceffary for me to take care that my conduct be clear and un- exceptionable . Befides , I am well a- ware , my countrymen , that the eye of the ...
... ment , my whole fafety depends upon myfelf ; which renders it the more in- difpenfably neceffary for me to take care that my conduct be clear and un- exceptionable . Befides , I am well a- ware , my countrymen , that the eye of the ...
Page 516
... ment or death ( if all other means had failed ) have avoided the ftation I am now in . What ! might Rome then have been taken , if thofe men who were at our gates had not wanted courage for the the attempt ? -Rome taken , whilft I was ...
... ment or death ( if all other means had failed ) have avoided the ftation I am now in . What ! might Rome then have been taken , if thofe men who were at our gates had not wanted courage for the the attempt ? -Rome taken , whilft I was ...
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Page 729 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 657 - The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear ! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin...
Page 505 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Page 514 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 883 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 778 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 725 - ... All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Page 831 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Page 870 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 585 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.