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Side 260
... Julius Cæsar ) , a minute error , which made every fourth year a trifle too long ; in the course of centuries the error amounted to eleven days , and when , about a century ago , we rectified this ( as had been done in Roman Catholic ...
... Julius Cæsar ) , a minute error , which made every fourth year a trifle too long ; in the course of centuries the error amounted to eleven days , and when , about a century ago , we rectified this ( as had been done in Roman Catholic ...
Side 281
... Julius Cæsar , Decimus Brutus had obtained 1Sarza . Sarsaparilla . ' Sarza is both a tree and an herb .'- Ainsworth . That . 2 As . Sorteth . 8 See page 23 . To result ; to issue in . ' Sort how it will , I shall have gold for all ...
... Julius Cæsar , Decimus Brutus had obtained 1Sarza . Sarsaparilla . ' Sarza is both a tree and an herb .'- Ainsworth . That . 2 As . Sorteth . 8 See page 23 . To result ; to issue in . ' Sort how it will , I shall have gold for all ...
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... Julius Cæsar and Septimius Severus , of the latter of whom it is said , ' Juven- tutem egit , erroribus , imo furoribus plenam : " and yet he was the ablest emperor almost of all the list ; but reposed ' natures may do well in youth ...
... Julius Cæsar and Septimius Severus , of the latter of whom it is said , ' Juven- tutem egit , erroribus , imo furoribus plenam : " and yet he was the ablest emperor almost of all the list ; but reposed ' natures may do well in youth ...
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... Julius Cæsar took Pompey unprovided , and laid asleep his industry and preparations by a fame that he cun- ningly gave out , how Cæsar's own soldiers loved him not ; and being wearied with the wars , and laden with the spoils of Gaul ...
... Julius Cæsar took Pompey unprovided , and laid asleep his industry and preparations by a fame that he cun- ningly gave out , how Cæsar's own soldiers loved him not ; and being wearied with the wars , and laden with the spoils of Gaul ...
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... Julius Cæsar , ” II . 4 , How hard it is for women to keep counsel ! : — Counsel in this phrase is what has been imparted in consultation . In the phrases To take counsel and To hold counsel it means simply consultation . The two words ...
... Julius Cæsar , ” II . 4 , How hard it is for women to keep counsel ! : — Counsel in this phrase is what has been imparted in consultation . In the phrases To take counsel and To hold counsel it means simply consultation . The two words ...
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Side 428 - For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Side 131 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Side 400 - God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Side 545 - Farewell, Monsieur Traveller : look you lisp and wear strange suits, disable all the benefits of your own country, be out of love with your nativity, and almost chide God for making you that countenance you are ; or I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola.
Side 79 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
Side 80 - Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times.
Side 16 - For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Side 256 - A man hath a body, and that body is confined to a place; but where friendship is, all offices of life are as it were granted to him and his deputy. For he may exercise them by his friend.
Side 253 - The parable of Pythagoras is dark, but true : Cor ne edito, "Eat not the heart." Certainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.
Side 64 - ... to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry. " A " young man not yet, an elder man not at all.