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Pagina 2
Guicciardini , though certainly not the most amusing of writers , is a Herodotus or
a Froissart , when compared with Dr . Nares ... He employs more words in
expounding and defending a truism than any other writer would employ in
supporting a ...
Guicciardini , though certainly not the most amusing of writers , is a Herodotus or
a Froissart , when compared with Dr . Nares ... He employs more words in
expounding and defending a truism than any other writer would employ in
supporting a ...
Pagina 5
His hand wrote it as secretary of state , ” says that quaint writer ; “ but his heart
consented not thereto : Yea , he openly opposed it ; though at last yielding to the
greatness of Northumberland , in an age when it was present drowning not to
swim ...
His hand wrote it as secretary of state , ” says that quaint writer ; “ but his heart
consented not thereto : Yea , he openly opposed it ; though at last yielding to the
greatness of Northumberland , in an age when it was present drowning not to
swim ...
Pagina 36
... and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by
modern writers , of being very concise . ... laws are subordinate , is this , that the
words employed shall be such as convey to the reader the meaning of the writer .
... and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by
modern writers , of being very concise . ... laws are subordinate , is this , that the
words employed shall be such as convey to the reader the meaning of the writer .
Pagina 41
Almost every distinguished writer was also distinguished as a soldier or a
politician . Boscan bore arms with high reputation . Garcilaso de Vega , the
author of the sweetest and most graceful pastoral poem of modern times , after a
short but ...
Almost every distinguished writer was also distinguished as a soldier or a
politician . Boscan bore arms with high reputation . Garcilaso de Vega , the
author of the sweetest and most graceful pastoral poem of modern times , after a
short but ...
Pagina 69
... was to Bolingbroke as a writer , he was to Marlborough as a general . He was ,
in truth , the last of the knights - errant , brave to temerity , liberal to profusion ,
courteous in his dealings with enemies , the protector of the oppressed , the
adorer ...
... was to Bolingbroke as a writer , he was to Marlborough as a general . He was ,
in truth , the last of the knights - errant , brave to temerity , liberal to profusion ,
courteous in his dealings with enemies , the protector of the oppressed , the
adorer ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 240 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Pagina 425 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Pagina 425 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Pagina 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Pagina 425 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Pagina 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Pagina 582 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Pagina 394 - Finis et scopus quem leges intueri atque ad quem jussiones et sanctiones suas dirigere debent, non alius est quam ut cives feliciter degant. Id fiet si pietate et religione recte instituti, moribus honesti, armis adversus hostes externos tuti, legum auxilio adversus seditiones et privatas injurias muniti, imperio et magistratibus obsequentes, copiis et opibus locupletes et florentes fuerint.
Pagina 378 - Assuredly if the tree which Socrates planted and Plato watered is to be judged of by its flowers and leaves, it is the noblest of trees. But if we take the homely test of Bacon, if we judge of the tree by its fruits, our opinion of it may perhaps be less favorable.
Pagina 426 - Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.