The Beauties of Bacon: Consisting of Selections from His Works ; the Beauties of Plutarch, Consisting of Selections from His WorkT. Davison, 1834 - Počet stran: 399 |
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... FORTUNE . It cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune : favour , opportunity , death of others , occasion fitting virtue . But chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands . Fortune is to be honoured ...
... FORTUNE . It cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune : favour , opportunity , death of others , occasion fitting virtue . But chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands . Fortune is to be honoured ...
Strana 105
... fortune influenced his nature ; and his na- ture again influenced his fortune . He ascended to the throne , not only from a private fortune , which might teach him moderation ; but from the fortune of an exiled man , which had given him ...
... fortune influenced his nature ; and his na- ture again influenced his fortune . He ascended to the throne , not only from a private fortune , which might teach him moderation ; but from the fortune of an exiled man , which had given him ...
Strana 165
... fortune , as they are more or less material , I hold them to stand thus . First , the amendment of their own minds ; for the removing the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune , than the obtaining fortune ...
... fortune , as they are more or less material , I hold them to stand thus . First , the amendment of their own minds ; for the removing the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune , than the obtaining fortune ...
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