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Page xviii
... virtue which may be called incorporeal and immateriate , whereof there be in na- ture but few . " As one of the facts , he says in his Sylva Sylvarum , ( Art . 140 , ) " There is in St. James's fields a conduit of brick , unto which ...
... virtue which may be called incorporeal and immateriate , whereof there be in na- ture but few . " As one of the facts , he says in his Sylva Sylvarum , ( Art . 140 , ) " There is in St. James's fields a conduit of brick , unto which ...
Page xxv
... virtue , your lordship is ascended , I know you will have a compunction of mind to do me any wrong . " relax in his parliamentary exertions , or sacrifice or value for his attainments , in the hope of pre- the interesis of the public at ...
... virtue , your lordship is ascended , I know you will have a compunction of mind to do me any wrong . " relax in his parliamentary exertions , or sacrifice or value for his attainments , in the hope of pre- the interesis of the public at ...
Page xxviii
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
Page xxx
... virtue , and relieving wrongs and burdens ; you shall need no other art or fineness : but he would tell me , that opinion came not from my mind , but from my robe . But this difference in two points so main and material , bred in ...
... virtue , and relieving wrongs and burdens ; you shall need no other art or fineness : but he would tell me , that opinion came not from my mind , but from my robe . But this difference in two points so main and material , bred in ...
Page xlvi
... virtue left idle , unemployed , or unre- warded , and every good ordinance and constitu- tion , for the amendment of the estate and times , be revived and put in execution . " Soon after the arrival of James , which was on the 7th of ...
... virtue left idle , unemployed , or unre- warded , and every good ordinance and constitu- tion , for the amendment of the estate and times , be revived and put in execution . " Soon after the arrival of James , which was on the 7th of ...
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