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... she have completed her hundredth year . Life is like a play upon the stage ; it fignifies not how long it lafts , but how well it is acted ( p ) . Die when , or where you will , think only on making a good and decent exit ( q ) ...
... she have completed her hundredth year . Life is like a play upon the stage ; it fignifies not how long it lafts , but how well it is acted ( p ) . Die when , or where you will , think only on making a good and decent exit ( q ) ...
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... She was of a noble family , the daughter of Statilius the Conful , in the reign of Claudius . See Plin . vii . 48 It may not , perhaps , be right to mention a relation of mine with this noble lady ; yet out of respect to the memory of ...
... She was of a noble family , the daughter of Statilius the Conful , in the reign of Claudius . See Plin . vii . 48 It may not , perhaps , be right to mention a relation of mine with this noble lady ; yet out of respect to the memory of ...
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... she will do , what he can do . An evil that hath been long expected , gives the mil- der stroke when it happens . 10 ANNOTATIONS , & c . ( a ) In the time of the emperor Caius , who dreading his eloquence , was determined upon his ...
... she will do , what he can do . An evil that hath been long expected , gives the mil- der stroke when it happens . 10 ANNOTATIONS , & c . ( a ) In the time of the emperor Caius , who dreading his eloquence , was determined upon his ...
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... 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 treated injuriously ; but having been wronged , his glory fhone out ; and he could not but ...
... 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 treated injuriously ; but having been wronged , his glory fhone out ; and he could not but ...
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... she is generally fuppos'd to have ; the feizeth on none but such as willingly cleave to her . Let us leap from her as far as we can . But it is the knowledge of felf and nature that can enable us to do this . Let a man therefore know ...
... she is generally fuppos'd to have ; the feizeth on none but such as willingly cleave to her . Let us leap from her as far as we can . But it is the knowledge of felf and nature that can enable us to do this . Let a man therefore know ...
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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.