The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner, Volumen15American publishing Company, 1904 |
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... rich men are honored in the state , virtue and the virtuous are dis- honored . " And what is honored is cultivated , and that which has no honor is neglected . " And so at last , instead of loving contention 58 THE RELATION OF.
... rich men are honored in the state , virtue and the virtuous are dis- honored . " And what is honored is cultivated , and that which has no honor is neglected . " And so at last , instead of loving contention 58 THE RELATION OF.
Página 59
... rich as possible , should possess gold and silver , and have the greatest em- pire by sea and land . The citizen must , indeed , be happy and good , and the legislator will seek to make him so ; but very rich and very good at the same ...
... rich as possible , should possess gold and silver , and have the greatest em- pire by sea and land . The citizen must , indeed , be happy and good , and the legislator will seek to make him so ; but very rich and very good at the same ...
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... rich man if he be also thrifty . On the other hand , the utterly bad man is generally profligate , and therefore poor ; while he who spends on noble objects , and acquires wealth by just means only , can hardly be remarkable for riches ...
... rich man if he be also thrifty . On the other hand , the utterly bad man is generally profligate , and therefore poor ; while he who spends on noble objects , and acquires wealth by just means only , can hardly be remarkable for riches ...
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... rich robes of the house , and were surprised by the advent of a stranger from the city , landing from a steamboat - a wandering broker , let us say , clad in wide trousers , long top- coat , and a tall hat - I fancy that he would be ...
... rich robes of the house , and were surprised by the advent of a stranger from the city , landing from a steamboat - a wandering broker , let us say , clad in wide trousers , long top- coat , and a tall hat - I fancy that he would be ...
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... rich robes that Nausicaä wore she wore like a goddess . The moment your dress , your house , your house - grounds , your furniture , your scale of living , are beyond the rational satisfaction of your own desires — that is , are for ...
... rich robes that Nausicaä wore she wore like a goddess . The moment your dress , your house , your house - grounds , your furniture , your scale of living , are beyond the rational satisfaction of your own desires — that is , are for ...
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Página 92 - To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.
Página 381 - I am that merry wanderer of the night. I jest to Oberon, and make him smile When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile, Neighing in likeness of a filly foal : And...
Página 325 - Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Página 313 - One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected, whereas in their young days there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm (the religious houses and manor places of their lords always excepted, and peradventure some great personages), but each one made his fire against a reredos in the hall, where he dined and dressed his meat.
Página 353 - Italy, their forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.
Página 355 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Página 325 - ... next came the queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar) ; she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops ; she wore false hair, and that red...
Página 355 - They excel in dancing and music, for they are active and lively, though of a thicker make than the French ; they cut their hair close on the middle of the head, letting it grow on either side; they are good sailors, and better pirates, cunning, treacherous, and thievish ; above 300 are said to be hanged annually at London.
Página 390 - Staple, wherein the age may see her own folly, or hunger and thirst after published pamphlets of news, set out every Saturday, but made all at home, and no syllable of truth in them : than which there cannot be a greater disease in nature, or a fouler scorn put upon the times.
Página 92 - A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another ; there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection...