Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... sect , that was otherwise inferior to the rest , saith yet excellently well , " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle 12 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... sect , that was otherwise inferior to the rest , saith yet excellently well , " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle 12 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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... saith prettily , when he in- quired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , and such an odious charge , " If it be well weighed , to say that a man lieth is as much as to say that he is brave towards God , and a ...
... saith prettily , when he in- quired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , and such an odious charge , " If it be well weighed , to say that a man lieth is as much as to say that he is brave towards God , and a ...
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... saith of him , Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , de- serebant : " Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sen- tence , Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , " hold- ing forth his ...
... saith of him , Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non dissimulatio , de- serebant : " Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sen- tence , Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani , " hold- ing forth his ...
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... saith , " ecce in deserto , " another saith , ecce in pe- netralibus ; " that is , when some men seek Christ in the conventicles of heretics , and others in an outward face of a church , that voice had need continually to sound in men's ...
... saith , " ecce in deserto , " another saith , ecce in pe- netralibus ; " that is , when some men seek Christ in the conventicles of heretics , and others in an outward face of a church , that voice had need continually to sound in men's ...
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... saith , " in veste varietas sit , scis- sura non sit , " they be two things , unity and uni- formity ; the other is , when the matter of the point controverted is great , but it is driven to an over great subtilty and obscurity , so ...
... saith , " in veste varietas sit , scis- sura non sit , " they be two things , unity and uni- formity ; the other is , when the matter of the point controverted is great , but it is driven to an over great subtilty and obscurity , so ...
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