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... thy Self is the greatest knowing of all knowings. To know thy Self is the greatest security of all securities. To know thy Self is the greatest wealth of all wealths. To know thy Self is the greatest path of all paths. Proceed with ...
... thy Self is the greatest knowing of all knowings. To know thy Self is the greatest security of all securities. To know thy Self is the greatest wealth of all wealths. To know thy Self is the greatest path of all paths. Proceed with ...
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... thy- self of to - morrow , for thou knowest not what a . day may bring forth . " * The present is the only moment you can call your own ; the Almighty , prodigal as he is of every other blessing , heaping upon some of his creatures ...
... thy- self of to - morrow , for thou knowest not what a . day may bring forth . " * The present is the only moment you can call your own ; the Almighty , prodigal as he is of every other blessing , heaping upon some of his creatures ...
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... Thyself. Inscribed over the entrance to the Temple at Del- phi in ancient Greece were the words, 'Know Thy- self'. This was echoed by Socrates, the wisest of the ancient Greek philosophers when he said, 'The unexamined life is not worth ...
... Thyself. Inscribed over the entrance to the Temple at Del- phi in ancient Greece were the words, 'Know Thy- self'. This was echoed by Socrates, the wisest of the ancient Greek philosophers when he said, 'The unexamined life is not worth ...
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... Thyself. Inscribed over the entrance to the Temple at Del- phi in ancient Greece were the words, 'Know Thy- self'. This was echoed by Socrates, the wisest of the ancient Greek philosophers when he said, 'The unexamined life is not worth ...
... Thyself. Inscribed over the entrance to the Temple at Del- phi in ancient Greece were the words, 'Know Thy- self'. This was echoed by Socrates, the wisest of the ancient Greek philosophers when he said, 'The unexamined life is not worth ...
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... thy- self . " Bearing in mind the prominent object of to - night's address , let us consider- I. The warning needed . It is needed inasmuch as- 1. The same mournful event must overtake us all . It may not be - God grant it may not ...
... thy- self . " Bearing in mind the prominent object of to - night's address , let us consider- I. The warning needed . It is needed inasmuch as- 1. The same mournful event must overtake us all . It may not be - God grant it may not ...
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Alarum arms art thou Bardolph Bast bear blood Boling Bolingbroke breath brother Buck Buckingham Cade cardinal Clar Clarence cousin crown dead death dost doth Duch Duke Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Edward Eliz England Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell father fear fight France friends gentle give Glou Gloucester grace grief hand hath head hear heart heaven Henry honour house of Lancaster Jack Cade Kath Lady liege live look lord Lord Chamberlain Lord Hastings madam majesty master Murd ne'er never night noble Northumberland peace Pist Poins poor pray Prince Prince of Wales queen Reignier Rich Richard SCENE shame Sir John soldiers Somerset sorrow soul speak Suffolk sweet sword Talbot tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thyself tongue traitor uncle unto Warwick weep wilt words York
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Page 829 - Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know'st thy estimate ; The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing ; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting ? And for that riches where is my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou...
Page 60 - O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 821 - Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays ? O fearful meditation ! where, alack, Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid ? O, none, unless this miracle have might, That in black ink my love may still shine bright.
Page 832 - That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him: Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew : Nor did I wonder at the lily's white, Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose ; They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those.