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... Humour is but a picture of particular life , as comedy is of general ; and though it represents dispo- sitions and customs less common , yet they are not less natural than those that are more frequent among men ; for if humour itself be ...
... Humour is but a picture of particular life , as comedy is of general ; and though it represents dispo- sitions and customs less common , yet they are not less natural than those that are more frequent among men ; for if humour itself be ...
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... humour of state , is like a physician's ordering his patient a flux for every pimple . - T . Brown . CXIX . Without the sovereign influence of God's extraordi- nary and immediate grace , men do very rarely put off all the trappings of ...
... humour of state , is like a physician's ordering his patient a flux for every pimple . - T . Brown . CXIX . Without the sovereign influence of God's extraordi- nary and immediate grace , men do very rarely put off all the trappings of ...
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... humour of friends should be dispensed withal ; but when they impose upon us it is a very hard case , and an unreasonable condition of friendship . Those friends are weak and worthless , that will not use the privilege of friendship , in ...
... humour of friends should be dispensed withal ; but when they impose upon us it is a very hard case , and an unreasonable condition of friendship . Those friends are weak and worthless , that will not use the privilege of friendship , in ...
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... humour- ed in his own desire , though in opposition both to God's will , and his own good . - Bishop Hall . CXLVI . When I first devoted myself to the public service , I considered how I should render myself fit for it ; and this I did ...
... humour- ed in his own desire , though in opposition both to God's will , and his own good . - Bishop Hall . CXLVI . When I first devoted myself to the public service , I considered how I should render myself fit for it ; and this I did ...
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... humour of curiosity , the beggar being as attentive in his station , to an improve- ment of knowledge , as the prince.- Osborn . CLXXX . Pride , as it is compounded of the vanity and ill - nature that disposes men to admire themselves ...
... humour of curiosity , the beggar being as attentive in his station , to an improve- ment of knowledge , as the prince.- Osborn . CLXXX . Pride , as it is compounded of the vanity and ill - nature that disposes men to admire themselves ...
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Beaumont and Fletcher beauty Ben Jonson better Brown Burke charms Charron Churchill Cicero Clarendon court creature death Defence of Poesy delight divine doth Dryden ears earth Elizium esteem ev'ry evil Evremond eyes fair fall fame fancy fear flowers folly fools fortune friends give Goldsmith grace grow happy hate hath heart heaven honour humour king knowledge labour laugh learning liberty live look Lord Bacon man's Marvell men's Milton mind nature never o'er Overbury passion pleasure poor praise pride Raleigh reason rich Roscommon Samson Agonistes Saville Sejanus sense Shakspeare shame shew shine Sidney Sir W soul Spenser spirit spleen strong madness sweet taste Tatler Temple thee things thou art thought thro thyself Tom Brown tongue true truth unto vice virtue whilst wind wisdom wise woman words wretched Young