Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch , than that they should say there was one Plutarch , that would eat his children as soon as they were born ; " as the poets speak of Saturn : and , as the contumely is ...
... deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch , than that they should say there was one Plutarch , that would eat his children as soon as they were born ; " as the poets speak of Saturn : and , as the contumely is ...
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... deal with their neighbours , their wives , their children , their prelates or clergy , their nobles , their second nobles or gentlemen , their merchants , their commons , and their men of war ; and from all these arise dangers , if care ...
... deal with their neighbours , their wives , their children , their prelates or clergy , their nobles , their second nobles or gentlemen , their merchants , their commons , and their men of war ; and from all these arise dangers , if care ...
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... deal with stout and haughty kings , William Rufus , Henry the First , and Henry the Second . The danger is not from that state , but where it hath a dependance of foreign authority ; or where the churchmen come in and are elected , not ...
... deal with stout and haughty kings , William Rufus , Henry the First , and Henry the Second . The danger is not from that state , but where it hath a dependance of foreign authority ; or where the churchmen come in and are elected , not ...
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... deal with some other discourse , that he be not too much awake to make objections . I knew a coun- sellor and secretary , that never came to Queen Elizabeth of England with bills to sign , but he would always first put her into some dis ...
... deal with some other discourse , that he be not too much awake to make objections . I knew a coun- sellor and secretary , that never came to Queen Elizabeth of England with bills to sign , but he would always first put her into some dis ...
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... deal in business of estate ; for , if a true sur- vey be taken of counsellors and statesmen , there may be found ( though rarely ) those which can make a small state great , and yet cannot fiddle ; as , on the other side , there will be ...
... deal in business of estate ; for , if a true sur- vey be taken of counsellors and statesmen , there may be found ( though rarely ) those which can make a small state great , and yet cannot fiddle ; as , on the other side , there will be ...
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