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Page xi
... desire your highness to accept " them in gracious part , and to conceive , that if I " cannot rest , but must shew my dutiful and devoted " affection to your highness in these things which proceed from myself , I shall be much more ...
... desire your highness to accept " them in gracious part , and to conceive , that if I " cannot rest , but must shew my dutiful and devoted " affection to your highness in these things which proceed from myself , I shall be much more ...
Page xxv
... desire or vic- " tory exceedeth a song or a dinner ; and must not , " of consequence , the pleasures of the intellect or 66 66 understanding exceed the pleasures of the affec- " tions ? We see in all other pleasures there is a satiety ...
... desire or vic- " tory exceedeth a song or a dinner ; and must not , " of consequence , the pleasures of the intellect or 66 66 understanding exceed the pleasures of the affec- " tions ? We see in all other pleasures there is a satiety ...
Page xxxv
... desire , and the same " continued with him still , to lead a private life . ' Gondomar " answered , that he would tell him a tale , Of an old rat that " would needs leave the world : and acquainted the young " rats , that he would ...
... desire , and the same " continued with him still , to lead a private life . ' Gondomar " answered , that he would tell him a tale , Of an old rat that " would needs leave the world : and acquainted the young " rats , that he would ...
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... desire to excel in too many matters , out of levity and vain glory , are ever envious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible , but many , in some one of those things , should surpass them ; which was the character of Adrian ...
... desire to excel in too many matters , out of levity and vain glory , are ever envious , for they cannot want work ; it being impossible , but many , in some one of those things , should surpass them ; which was the character of Adrian ...
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... desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains ; VOL . III . So good byour Fellow man D and it ...
... desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains ; VOL . III . So good byour Fellow man D and it ...
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