A Character of King Charles the Second:: And Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections, Volume 1 |
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Page 89 - There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured. The angry buzz of a multitude is one of the bloodiest noises in the world.
Page 6 - In the library of a young prince the solemn folios are not much rumpled ; books of a lighter digestion have the dog's ears. Some pretend to be very precise in the time of his reconciling — the Cardinal de Retz, &c.
Page 11 - Church's argument 4 doth so agree with men unwilling to take pains, the temptation of putting an end to all the trouble of enquiring is so great that it must be very strong reason that can resist. The King had only his...
Page 45 - This made that he had as little Eagerness to oblige, as he had to hurt Men ; the Motive of his giving Bounties was rather to make Men less uneasy to him, than more easy to themselves ; and yet no ill-nature all this while.
Page 120 - Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought ; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.
Page 177 - EVERY thing that doth us good is so apt to do us hurt too, that it is a strong Argument for Men to be quiet. If Men would think more, they would act less. The greatest Part of the Business of the World, is the Effect of not thinking.
Page 21 - Interest to be gentle towards a Mistake, that seemeth to make some kind of amends for their Decays. He had wit enough to suspect, and he had Wit enough too not to care : The Ladies got a great deal more than would have been allowed to be an equal bargain in Chancery, for what they did for it ; but neither the manner, nor the measure of Pleasure is to be judged by others.
Page 7 - Government here had not crumbled of itself, his right alone, with that and other clogs upon it, would hardly have thrown it down. I conclude that when he came into England he was as certainly a Roman Catholic as that he was a man of pleasure, both very consistent by visible experience.
Page 44 - ... somewhat extraordinary. That which might tempt him to it probably was, his finding that those about him so often took Money upon those Occasions; so that he thought he might do well at least to be a Partner. He did not take the Money to hoard it; there were those at Court who watched those Times, as the Spaniards do for the coming in of the Plate Fleet. The Beggars of both Sexes helped to empty his Cabinet, and to leave room in them for a new lading upon the next Occasion. These Negotiators played...
Page 16 - It may be said that his Inclinations to Love were the Effects of Health, and a good Constitution, with as little mixture of the Seraphick part as ever Man had: And though from that Foundation Men often raise their Passions; I am apt to think his stayed as much as any Man's ever did in the lower Region.