The art of rhetoric, with A discourse of the laws of England by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.
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The art of rhetoric, with A discourse of the laws of England by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.
Author
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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London :: Printed for William Crooke ...,
1681.
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Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
Oratory -- Early works to 1800.
Law -- Great Britain -- History.
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"The art of rhetoric, with A discourse of the laws of England by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43971.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2025.
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CHAP. VII.
Of Assurance.
ASsurance is hope, arising from an ima∣gination
that the help is near, or the
evil afar off.
The things therefore that beget Assu∣rance
are,
The remoteness of those things that are
to be feared, and the nearness of their con∣traries.
And the facility of great, or many helps
or remedies.
And neither to have done; nor received
Injury.
And to have no Competitors or not great
ones, or if great ones, at least friends;
such as we have obliged, or are obliged
to.
And that the danger is extended to more,
or greater than us.
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Assured, or Confident, are, They that have
oft escaped danger.
And they to whom most things have
succeeded well.
And they that see their Equals, or inferi∣ours
not afraid.
And they that have wherewith to make
themselves feared, as wealth, strength,
&c.
And such as have done others no wrong.
And such as think themselves in good
terms with God Almighty.
And such as think they will speed well,
that are gone before.
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