Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1Macmillan, 1951 |
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... Vertue of Pros- peritie , is Temperance ; The Vertue of Ad- versity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Ad- 50 versity is the Blessing of the New ; which ...
... Vertue of Pros- peritie , is Temperance ; The Vertue of Ad- versity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Ad- 50 versity is the Blessing of the New ; which ...
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... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
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... vertue need her here , to fit That unto us ; shee working more than it . But shee , in whom to such maturity Vertue was growne , past growth , that it must die ; Shee , from whose influence all impression " came , But , by receivers ...
... vertue need her here , to fit That unto us ; shee working more than it . But shee , in whom to such maturity Vertue was growne , past growth , that it must die ; Shee , from whose influence all impression " came , But , by receivers ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
A Selected List of Books on the Background and the Literature of the First | 29 |
Francis Bacon | 43 |
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