 | English literature - 1795 - 486 pages
...wade through the blood of other pctfons to their own power. '• Words are the counters ef wife men, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fnols, that value them by the authority of Cieero, Arif« 'otic, and Thomas Aquinas." ANTHONY EARL... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1797 - 752 pages
...wade through the blood of " other perfons to their own power. t* Words are the counters of wife men,- they " do but reckon by them ; but they are the money " of fools, that value them by the authority of " Cicero, Artftotle, and Thomas Aquinas." CHARLES THE SECOND, KING OF ENGLAND. " HAD this King but... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 518 pages
...wade through the blood of " other perfons to their own power. " Words are the counters of wife men, they " do but reckon by them; but they are the " money of fools, that value them by the au« " thority of Cicero, Ariftotle, and Thomas " Aquinas." END OF THE FIRST VOLUME, »•• *. -•... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1804 - 496 pages
...wade through the blood of " other perfons to their own power. " Words are the counters of wife men, they do " but reckon by them; but they are the money of " fools, that value them by the authority of Cicero, " Ariftotle, and Thomas Aquinas." END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey. V''... | |
 | 1804 - 764 pages
...other perfons to their own power. " Words are the counters of wile men : they do but reckon them ; bet they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of Cicero, Ariilotle, and Thomas Aquinas." Marot. MANY of Marot's pfalms are fet to tunes that had long... | |
 | James Gilchrist - English language - 1816 - 296 pages
...wise or (unless his memory be hurt by disease or ill-constitution of organs), excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon...them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or any other Doctor." ' The importance of this subject could not escape that clear, comprehensive and... | |
 | Noah Worcester, Henry Ware - 1823 - 510 pages
...foolish. For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the mony of fooles, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle,...Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other Doctor whatsoever, if but a man. — Hobbes' Leviathan. OSSIAN AND ST. PATRICK. AMONG the miscellaneous pieces of Herder,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1823 - 580 pages
...or (unless his memory be hurt by disease, or ill constitution of organs) excellently foolish. ' For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the mony of fooles, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 810 pages
...or (unless his memory bs hurt by disease an or ill-constitution of organs) remarkably foolish. For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon...authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas. ' The names of such things as affect us ; that is, which please and displease us (because all men are... | |
 | Alfred Lyall - Truth - 1830 - 682 pages
...excellently wise or excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them ; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, or Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man." It is but justice to Mr. Hobbes... | |
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For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man. 
