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Characters and Criticisms - Page 65
by William Alfred Jones - 1857
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The Works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. in Prose and Verse: I. A ...

Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...phyfick at their ears than at their mouth ; (6 is it jn men (moft of which are childifh in the beft things, 'till they be cradled in their graves) glad...they will be to hear the tales of Hercules, Achilles, Cyrus, JEneas, ^nd hearing them, nmft needs hear the right defcription of wilclom, valour and juftice...
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Sir Philip Sydney's Defense of Poetry: And Observations on Poetry and ...

Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 pages
...their mouth ; fo is it in men ; (moft of whom are childifli in the beft things, 'till they be cradjed in their graves) glad they will be to hear the tales of Hercules, Achilles^ Cyrus, /Eneas ; and hearing them, muft needs hear the right defcription of wifdom, valour, and juftice...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pages
...receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than their mouth. So is it in men (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...they will be to hear the tales of Hercules, Achilles, Cyrus, ./Eneas ; and hearing thena,, must needs hear the right description of wisdom, valour, and justice;...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...have a pleasant taste : which if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarbarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than /their mouth. So is it in men (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...have a pleasant taste : which if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarbarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than their mouth. So is it in men (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 550 pages
...a pleasant taste : which if one should begirt to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarr barum they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than their mouth. So is it in men (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled ia...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth : so is it in men ; (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...they will be to hear the tales of Hercules, Achilles, Cyrus, ./Eneas; and hearing them, must needs hear the right description of wisdom, valour and justice...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

1831 - 368 pages
...have a pleasant taste : which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarbarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic...ears than at their mouth : so is it in men ; (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in their graves ;) glad they will be to...
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Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 550 pages
...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth : so is it in men ; (most of whom ore childish in the best things, till they be cradled...they will be to hear the tales of Hercules, Achilles, Cyrus, ^Eneas ; and hearing them, must needs hear the right description of wisdom, valour and justice;...
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The Monthly Review

1842 - 648 pages
...have a pleasant taste ; which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarbarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic...ears than at their mouth : so is it in men (most of them are childish in their best things till they be cradled in their graves) ; glad they will be to...
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