... by some louder noise, but every beast returned to his own nature : wherein is aptly described the nature and condition of men ; who are full of savage and unreclaimed desires, of profit, of lust, of revenge, which as long as they give ear to precepts,... Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology - Side 305af James Freeman Clarke - 1888Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Thomas Smyth - 1912 - 830 sider
...of revenge ; which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...maintained; but if these instruments be silent, or sedition and turmoil make them not audible all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. "f Literature... | |
| Edmund Kemper Broadus - 1921 - 228 sider
...of revenge ; which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. But this appeareth more manifestly, when kings themselves, or persons of authority under them, or other... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1928 - 558 sider
...of revenge, which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. But this appeareth more manifestly, when kings themselves, or persons of authority under them, or other... | |
| Henry Arthur Treble, George Henry Vallins - 1927 - 244 sider
...of revenge ; which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. 4. (a) Analyse the following passage, showing clearly the relation of the subordinate clauses to the... | |
| J. C. Davis - 1983 - 444 sider
...as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasions of books, of sermons, of harangues, so long is society...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion." There were limits to men's capacity for self-control and self-discipline. 'Nature is often hidden;... | |
| B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 sider
...and successfully advanced. When men 'give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of harangues, so long is society and peace maintained ... '50 Civil government and laws, the dispensing of rewards and punishments, the providing of examples,... | |
| B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 sider
...castes to conduct them. When men 'give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of harangues, so long is society and peace maintained'.79 There is a process working both ways. Morality improves society: but also society improves... | |
| William Leiss - 1994 - 274 sider
...of revenge, which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. 15 Here, in a proto-Hobbesian perspective, mastery of external nature is related to mastery of internal... | |
| Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent - 1999 - 340 sider
...of revenge, which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. But this appears more manifestly when kings themselves, or persons of authority under them, or other... | |
| Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 sider
...of revenge, which as long as they give ear to precepts, to laws, to religion, sweetly touched with eloquence and persuasion of books, of sermons, of...audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. But this appeareth more manifestly, when kings themselves, or persons of authority under them, or other... | |
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