 | English essays - 1729 - 314 pages
...to fuch Contingencies as may rife in theProfecuiionofour Affairs. Nay, it very often happens, pens, that Prudence, which has always in .it a great Mixture of Caution, hinders a Man from being fo fortunate as he might poflibly have been without u. A Perfon who only aims at what is likely to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1733 - 380 pages
...is by no means equal to fortuitous' events, and to fuch contingencies as may rife in the profecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence,...great mixture of caution^ hinders a man from being fo fortunate as he might peffibly have been without it. A perfon who only aims at what is likely to... | |
 | 1737 - 314 pages
...is by no Means equal to fortuitous Events, and to fuch Contingences as may rife in the Profecution of our Affairs, Nay, it very often happens, that Prudence, which has always in it a great Mix-- ture of Caution, hinders a Man from being fo fortunate as he might poffibly have been without... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1753 - 376 pages
...is by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to fuch contingencies as may rife in the profecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence,...great mixture of caution, hinders a man from being fb fortunate as he might poffibly have been without it. A perfon who only aims at what is likely to... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...is by no means equal to,fortuitous events, and to fucYi may rife in the yiroliccuùon ut ouï fairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence, which has...great mixture of caution, hinders a man from being fo fortúnale as he might pofiibly have been without it. A perlón who only aims at what is likely... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1796 - 210 pages
...is by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to Inch contingencies as may rife in the profecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence,...great mixture of caution, hinders a man from being fo fortunate as he might poffibly have been without it. A perfon who only aims at what is likely to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1801 - 402 pages
...is by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to fuch contingencies as may rife in the profecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence,...great mixture of caution, hinders a man from being fo fortunate as he might poflibly have been without it. A perfon who only aims at what is likely to... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...can be laid by human wisdom. " The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong." Nothing less than infinite wisdom can have an absolute...fortuitous events, and to such contingencies as may arise in the prosecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence, which has always... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...wisdom. ' The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.' Nothing less than an infinite wisdom can have an absolute command over...by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to such contingences as may rise in the prosecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often happens, that prudence,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...that can be laid by human wisdom. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Nothing less than infinite wisdom can have an absolute...the prosecution of our affairs. Nay, it very often • Has reason to cry out,] How so ? On Mr. Addison's principles, Brutus should only have said, " I... | |
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Nothing less than infinite wisdom can have an absolute command over fortune ; the highest degree of it, which man can possess, is by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to such contingencies as may rise in the prosecution of our affairs. Nay, it... 
