A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue.

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A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue.
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Aristotle.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold at the black Bare in Pauls Church-yard,
[1637?]
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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CHAP. 19. Of the Manners of Men in Power and of such as prosper.

THe Manners of Men in Pow∣er, are the same, or better then those of the Rich.

They have a greater sense of Honor then the Rich; and their Manners are more Manly.

They are more Industrious then the Rich: for Power is su∣stained by Industry.

They are Grave, but with∣out Austerenesse: for being in place conspicuous, they carry

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themselves the more Modestly; and have a kind of gentle and comely Gravity, which the Greekes call 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

When they doe Injuries, they doe great ones.

The Manners of Men that prosper, are compounded of the Manners of the Nobility, the Rich, and those that are in Power; for to some of these all Prosperi∣ty appertaines.

Prosperity in Children, and goods of the Body, make men desire to exceede others in the goods of Fortune.

Men that Prosper have this ill, to be more proud, and Inconsi∣derate then others.

And this good; that they wor∣ship God; trusting in him, for that they finde themselves to re∣ceive more good then proceeds from their owne Industry.

The Mannrs of Poore men,

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Obscure men, Men with out Power, and Men in Adversity, may bee collected from the Contrary of what has beene said.

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