The epistles of Lucius Ann¿us Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, 2. köide |
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... pleasure or power . stain from what is right , for any terror ; nor , by any be drawn in to a base action . Therefore as he will follow what is just and fit , he will always efchew what is unjust and vile ; and in every action in life ...
... pleasure or power . stain from what is right , for any terror ; nor , by any be drawn in to a base action . Therefore as he will follow what is just and fit , he will always efchew what is unjust and vile ; and in every action in life ...
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... pleasure of his life , will yet brook no delay , but will rush upon death , well satisfied with doing what is right and fit , fuppofing it right and fit fo to do . Oppose to this however all that can be objected against it : tell him ...
... pleasure of his life , will yet brook no delay , but will rush upon death , well satisfied with doing what is right and fit , fuppofing it right and fit fo to do . Oppose to this however all that can be objected against it : tell him ...
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... pleasures that make you fo dilatory , and still de- tain you . None of them are new to you ( 7 ) ; none , but what are become difguftful from fatiety . The taste of metheglim you know ; and the taste of wine ; no matter , whether an ...
... pleasures that make you fo dilatory , and still de- tain you . None of them are new to you ( 7 ) ; none , but what are become difguftful from fatiety . The taste of metheglim you know ; and the taste of wine ; no matter , whether an ...
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... pleasures . Of death , we have faid enough already , I fhall only add , that this fear proceeds not from the disease , but from nature itself . A disease hath often prevented death , and the very thoughts of dying have contributed to ...
... pleasures . Of death , we have faid enough already , I fhall only add , that this fear proceeds not from the disease , but from nature itself . A disease hath often prevented death , and the very thoughts of dying have contributed to ...
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... pleasures , to abstain from food , and to fuffer hunger and thirst . I grant , at firft fuch abftinence is irkfome ; but the hankering after them grows weaker by degrees : nor do the things themselves retain the fame in- citement and ...
... pleasures , to abstain from food , and to fuffer hunger and thirst . I grant , at firft fuch abftinence is irkfome ; but the hankering after them grows weaker by degrees : nor do the things themselves retain the fame in- citement 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.