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... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences , were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . IV . OF REVENGE . > Revenge is a kind OF UNITY IN RELIGION .
... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences , were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . IV . OF REVENGE . > Revenge is a kind OF UNITY IN RELIGION .
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... commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral : and in this part it is good , that a man's face ...
... commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral : and in this part it is good , that a man's face ...
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... commonly carry with them a shew of fearfulness , which , in any business doth spoil the feathers of round flying up 2 per- to the mark ; the second , that it puzzleth and plexeth the conceits of many , that , perhaps , would otherwise ...
... commonly carry with them a shew of fearfulness , which , in any business doth spoil the feathers of round flying up 2 per- to the mark ; the second , that it puzzleth and plexeth the conceits of many , that , perhaps , would otherwise ...
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... then it is good not to cross it ; but generally the precept is good , " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " 66 - Primogenitive Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but sel- dom 22 OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN .
... then it is good not to cross it ; but generally the precept is good , " optimum elige , suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo . " 66 - Primogenitive Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but sel- dom 22 OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN .
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Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. Primogenitive Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but sel- dom or never where the elder are disinherited . not for it freed VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . * imirrelevant He that hath wife and ...
Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. Primogenitive Younger brothers are commonly fortunate , but sel- dom or never where the elder are disinherited . not for it freed VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . * imirrelevant He that hath wife and ...
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