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... greatest Inquisitor in Spain " will allow it . One thing you must pardon me , if I make no " haste to believe , that the World should be grown to such an " Ecstasy , as to reject Truth in Philosophy , because the Author " dissents in ...
... greatest Inquisitor in Spain " will allow it . One thing you must pardon me , if I make no " haste to believe , that the World should be grown to such an " Ecstasy , as to reject Truth in Philosophy , because the Author " dissents in ...
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... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt hu- * See note B at the end . 66 mour , so in the spiritual : so that со OF UNITY IN RELIGION .
... greatest scandals ; yea , more than corruption of manners for as in the natural body a wound or solution of continuity is worse than a corrupt hu- * See note B at the end . 66 mour , so in the spiritual : so that со OF UNITY IN RELIGION .
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... 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 action , which is trust and be- 20 - OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
... 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 action , which is trust and be- 20 - OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
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... greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest ...
... greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and endowed the public . Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest ...
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... greatest part : yea , and prevaileth with wise men at weak times : therefore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than ...
... greatest part : yea , and prevaileth with wise men at weak times : therefore we see it hath done wonders in popular states , but with senates and princes less ; and more , ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than ...
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