Author: Owen Felltham
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-10-20
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9781334021565
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, of Owen Felltham: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings The pkmre and profit wizich be derived fiom theme! Qfthem, induced him to recommend them to the attention graham, who purchased the boot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Owen Felltham
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781230384740
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ... IT IS NEITHER A GREAT ESTATE, NOR GREAT HONOURS, THAT CAN MAKE A MAN TRULY HAPPY. A Great estate, or a high seat of honour, it must be admitted, do, at first view, carry along with them, a pleasing and inviting splendour. Yet, if we examine the true and most essential felicities of man, we shall find, that it is not wealth nor power, which can render us more happy than other men: all that really man is capable of truly enjoying here, must be cither, of benefit to his mind, or his body. For the mind; surely, kings never found so much content as has attended mean philosophers; a crown of gold is too heavy to be worn with case. Their fears, their hopes, their joys, their griefs, their loves, their hates, with all their other passions, are more distracting, and more torturing, than those that belong to an obscurer man, who quietly, and without notice, can steal unheeded through the world's confusion. Without a guard, they cannot sleep; and with one, they do not. A martial watch disturbs the night with noises; a midnight council starts their broken rest; and meals are filled with frights, or with suspicion. He that commands the most, enjoys himself the least: thrust one way, pulled another; hailed on this side, forced on that; driven and coaxed at the same time; enemies abroad, treacheries at home; ambition of nenrh bours, dissatisfaction of friends; jealousy of most, and fear of all;--in short, who can form a guess at those incessant cares that go to bed with princes, to disturb their rest? It is also to be observed of princes, as well as of great persons, that their delicacy and tenderness make them more subject to injury, more sensible of affronts, more impatient of labour and care, than such as, through habituated custom, are hardened to...
Author: Owen Felltham
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781021068620
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a collection of moral and philosophical essays by Owen Felltham, a seventeenth-century writer and clergyman. It includes meditations on topics such as the nature of the soul, the transience of worldly pleasures, and the importance of cultivating virtue and piety. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Owen Felltham
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-23
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780483763999
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political, of Owen Felltham: Et Sic Demulceo Vitam; With Some Account of the Author and His Writings His motives for writing the Resolves, and for giving them to the world, are as virtuous as they must be interesting to the moralist, but particularly the Christian moralist. The Resolves themselves, also throw a broad and strong light on the per sonal character, habits, and dispositions of the writer. Speaking of this work in one of his old prefaces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.