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... fame time fhall I be afhamed to attend the lectures of a philofopher ? No ; a man must ftill be learning fomewhat , as long as there is any thing to be learned ; that is , according to the proverb , as long as he lives ( c ) . Nor is ...
... fame time fhall I be afhamed to attend the lectures of a philofopher ? No ; a man must ftill be learning fomewhat , as long as there is any thing to be learned ; that is , according to the proverb , as long as he lives ( c ) . Nor is ...
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... fame fenfe with petere ; and adds from Virgil , Italiam fequimur . - However , he is not fatisfied with the reading , as all the MSS . want the demonftrative pronoun banc ; and therefore propofeth the conjecture of Schrevelius , In hanc ...
... fame fenfe with petere ; and adds from Virgil , Italiam fequimur . - However , he is not fatisfied with the reading , as all the MSS . want the demonftrative pronoun banc ; and therefore propofeth the conjecture of Schrevelius , In hanc ...
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... Fame fcarce took any notice of So- crates . How long was it ere Rome knew the value of Cato ? She even rejected him and knew him not , till she had loft him . The innocence and virtue of Rutilius , had never been known , had he not been ...
... Fame fcarce took any notice of So- crates . How long was it ere Rome knew the value of Cato ? She even rejected him and knew him not , till she had loft him . The innocence and virtue of Rutilius , had never been known , had he not been ...
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... fame man , whether upon warning given , or set upon unprepared , and suddenly surprised . Diffimulation profiteth nothing , A feigned coun- tenance occafionally and lightly put on , can impose upon but very few . Truth is always the fame ...
... fame man , whether upon warning given , or set upon unprepared , and suddenly surprised . Diffimulation profiteth nothing , A feigned coun- tenance occafionally and lightly put on , can impose upon but very few . Truth is always the fame ...
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... fame thing ; and Metrodorus ex- prefsly , folum fapientem referre gratiam fcire , that the wife man alone knows how to love ( c ) affectionately ; and no one but a wife man can be a true friend . But it is undoubtedly a part of love and ...
... fame thing ; and Metrodorus ex- prefsly , folum fapientem referre gratiam fcire , that the wife man alone knows how to love ( c ) affectionately ; and no one but a wife man can be a true friend . But it is undoubtedly a part of love and ...
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Page 161 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 182 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 145 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 181 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 145 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 85 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 196 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 140 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Page 140 - ... and virtuous men ; as may enable us to encounter the accidents of life with fortitude, and to conform ourfelves to the order of nature, who governs her great kingdom, the world, by continual mutations.
Page 148 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.