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... conceits were 66 66 going to print : To labour the stay of them had " bene troublesome , and subiect to interpretation : " to let them passe had bin to aduentur the wrong " they mought receiue by vntrue Coppies , or by some 66 ...
... conceits were 66 66 going to print : To labour the stay of them had " bene troublesome , and subiect to interpretation : " to let them passe had bin to aduentur the wrong " they mought receiue by vntrue Coppies , or by some 66 ...
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... conceits ( except they be of some nature ) from the world , as in obtruding them : So in these particu- " lars I haue played my selfe the inquisitor , and find " nothing to my vnderstanding in them contrary , or " infectious to the ...
... conceits ( except they be of some nature ) from the world , as in obtruding them : So in these particu- " lars I haue played my selfe the inquisitor , and find " nothing to my vnderstanding in them contrary , or " infectious to the ...
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... conceits of many , that , perhaps , would otherwise co - operate with him , and makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for ...
... conceits of many , that , perhaps , would otherwise co - operate with him , and makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for ...
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... conceits and novelties ; the taking an aim at divine matters by human , which cannot but breed mixture of imaginations : and , lastly , barbarous times , especially joined with calamities and disas- ters . Superstition , without a veil ...
... conceits and novelties ; the taking an aim at divine matters by human , which cannot but breed mixture of imaginations : and , lastly , barbarous times , especially joined with calamities and disas- ters . Superstition , without a veil ...
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... conceit ; so saith Solomon , " Where much " is , there are many to consume it ; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with his eyes ? " The per- sonal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches there is a custody of ...
... conceit ; so saith Solomon , " Where much " is , there are many to consume it ; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with his eyes ? " The per- sonal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches there is a custody of ...
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