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... less confounded . Where this blessed temper is the effect of deli- beration , and the observation of the folly and mad- ness of sudden passion , it constitutes the greatest perfection of wisdom . But it has in itself so much . virtue ...
... less confounded . Where this blessed temper is the effect of deli- beration , and the observation of the folly and mad- ness of sudden passion , it constitutes the greatest perfection of wisdom . But it has in itself so much . virtue ...
Side 12
... less greediness . Angry and choleric men are as ungrateful and unsociable as thunder and lightning , being in them- selves all storm and tempest ; but quiet and easy natures are like fair weather , welcome to all , and acceptable to all ...
... less greediness . Angry and choleric men are as ungrateful and unsociable as thunder and lightning , being in them- selves all storm and tempest ; but quiet and easy natures are like fair weather , welcome to all , and acceptable to all ...
Side 15
... less suspected lodgings ; but never owns to be within , when asked for . All other passions do not only betray and discover , but likewise confess themselves : the choleric man con- fesses he is angry , and the proud man confesses he is ...
... less suspected lodgings ; but never owns to be within , when asked for . All other passions do not only betray and discover , but likewise confess themselves : the choleric man con- fesses he is angry , and the proud man confesses he is ...
Side 16
... less meritorious are preferred . And it is so far true , that she seldom assaults unfortunate vir- tue , and is as seldom troubled for any success , however unworthy , that does not carry a man to a higher elevation than the envious man ...
... less meritorious are preferred . And it is so far true , that she seldom assaults unfortunate vir- tue , and is as seldom troubled for any success , however unworthy , that does not carry a man to a higher elevation than the envious man ...
Side 17
... less important arguments , and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are , like common distilled waters , flashy things . Reading makes a full man , conference a ready man , and writing an exact man ; and therefore if a man ...
... less important arguments , and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are , like common distilled waters , flashy things . Reading makes a full man , conference a ready man , and writing an exact man ; and therefore if a man ...
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à corps perdu actions admirable advantage affections agreeable antient beauty Beelzebub Ben Jonson better body born for love Cæsar called cern chuse common compass courage Cowley danger deceived defects delight disposition divine Domitian envy Epicurus ESSAY esteem evil excellent fancy fear force fortune friends genius happy honour Horace human humour imagination industry judge judgment Julius Cæsar kind labour laws less liberty live look Lord Bacon Lord Clarendon Lord Shaftesbury Lucretius mankind mean ment mind miscellany mour nation nature ness never object observation occasion opinion passions perfection perhaps persons philosophers pleasure poetry poets praise pretenders princes reason rience Seneca the elder Septimus Severus shew Sir William Temple sort spirit suspicions taste temper thing thought tion true truth uncon vanity verses virtue wisdom wise wonder writing youth