Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... fear , the spirit of the other ; the one stands erect in conscious dignity , the other cringes and bows with dastardly wiliness . A man of honour would sooner see his children die " in cold obscurity , " poor and unknown ; than consent ...
... fear , the spirit of the other ; the one stands erect in conscious dignity , the other cringes and bows with dastardly wiliness . A man of honour would sooner see his children die " in cold obscurity , " poor and unknown ; than consent ...
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... world , yet if against fear- ful odds , he prove not invariably victorious , he fails ! let him effect more than ever man , under like circumstances , achieved ; yet , if he do not every thing , he does nothing . If 2 35.
... world , yet if against fear- ful odds , he prove not invariably victorious , he fails ! let him effect more than ever man , under like circumstances , achieved ; yet , if he do not every thing , he does nothing . If 2 35.
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... fear of torment can appal me , who knows that it is but a different manner of appareling death ; and have long learned to set bodily pain but in the second form of my being.- And as for shame ; how can I be ashamed of that , for which ...
... fear of torment can appal me , who knows that it is but a different manner of appareling death ; and have long learned to set bodily pain but in the second form of my being.- And as for shame ; how can I be ashamed of that , for which ...
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... fear to expose your life to perils and dangers , upon so good and solid subjects : because the famous order of knighthood received its prime institution to recompense virtue , to preserve public soci- ety in union and concord , to ...
... fear to expose your life to perils and dangers , upon so good and solid subjects : because the famous order of knighthood received its prime institution to recompense virtue , to preserve public soci- ety in union and concord , to ...
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... with reproaches . Dastard- ly endurance fawns on the hand that strikes it ; and out of a base fear , without distinctly com- prehending its cause , lies down to be trodden er . on , as it may please the humour E 2 75.
... with reproaches . Dastard- ly endurance fawns on the hand that strikes it ; and out of a base fear , without distinctly com- prehending its cause , lies down to be trodden er . on , as it may please the humour E 2 75.
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