| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1752 - 332 pages
...difficulty, the firft and the fierceft * SEN. De con. ad HeL onfet. I learned this important leflbn long ago, and never trufted to fortune even while fhe feemed to be at peace with me. The riches, the honors, the reputation, and all the advantages which her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed... | |
| John Leland - 1756 - 482 pages
...never trufted to Fortune, even while . p. 195. f Ib. p. 201, 202. \ Ib. p. 205, 206. • ' * " " " flic feemed to be at peace with me. . The " riches, the...reputation, and all " the advantages which her treacherous indulcc gcnce poured upon me, I placed fo, that fhc *' might fnatch them away without giving me " any... | |
| John Leland - 1764 - 470 pages
...fecret wiles and open attacks of that capricious goddefs Fortune before they can reach us, he " ver trufted to Fortune, even while fhe feemed to be at...which her treacherous indulgence poured " upon me, 1 placed fo, that fhe might fnatch them away " without giving me any difturbance. I kept a great in"... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1768 - 376 pages
...out, ftand, without difficulty, the fir-ft and the fierceft onfet. I learned this important leflbn long ago, and never trufted to fortune even while...be at peace with me. The riches, the honours, the reputations, and all the advantages which her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed fo, that... | |
| Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1786 - 458 pages
...with cafe. " I learned this important le/Ton long ago, and never truiled to Fortune, even while (he feemed' to be at peace with me. The riches, the honours,...her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed them fo that fiie mig'ut fn-uch them away, but fhe could not tear them from me. No man fuiters by bad... | |
| 482 pages
...fierceft onfer. I learned this important leffon long ago, and never milted to fortune even while flie feemed to be at peace with me. The riches, the honours, the reputa"" tion, (ion, and all the advantages which her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 546 pages
...onset. I learned this important lesson long ago, and never trusted to fortune even while she seemed to be at peace with me. The riches, the honours, the...her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed so, that she might snatch them away without giving me any disturbance. I kept a great interval between... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...onset. I learned thia important lesson long ago, and never trusted to fortune, even while she seemed gers dropping through the bridge into the great tide...underneath it; and, upon further examination, perceived so that she might snatch them away without giving me any disturbance. I kept a great interval between... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - 520 pages
...and never trusted to fortune even while she seemed to be at peace with me. The riches, the honors, the reputation, and all the advantages which her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed so, that she might snatch them away without giving me any disturbance. I kept a great interval between... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - 526 pages
...and never trusted to fortune even while she seemed to be at peace with me. The riches, the honors, the reputation, and all the advantages which her treacherous indulgence poured upon me, I placed so, that she might snatch them away without giving me any disturbance. I kept a great .interval between... | |
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