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... maketh them , " to sit down " in the chair of the scorners . " It is but a light thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing that in his catalogue of books of a ...
... maketh them , " to sit down " in the chair of the scorners . " It is but a light thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing that in his catalogue of books of a ...
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... maketh him practise simulation in other things , lest his hand should be out of use . The advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three first , to lay asleep opposition , and to surprise ; for where a man's intentions are ...
... maketh him practise simulation in other things , lest his hand should be out of use . The advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three first , to lay asleep opposition , and to surprise ; for where a man's intentions are ...
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... maketh the vulgar soldier more base . Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of hy manity ; and single men , though they may be many times more charitable , because their means are less exhaust , yet , on the other side ...
... maketh the vulgar soldier more base . Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of hy manity ; and single men , though they may be many times more charitable , because their means are less exhaust , yet , on the other side ...
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... maketh men become humane and cha- ritable , as it is seen sometimes in friars . Nuptial love maketh mankind : friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it . sif 18 XI . OF GREAT PLACE . Men in great place are ...
... maketh men become humane and cha- ritable , as it is seen sometimes in friars . Nuptial love maketh mankind : friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it . sif 18 XI . OF GREAT PLACE . Men in great place are ...
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... maketh the " sun to shine upon the just and the unjust ; " but he doth not rain wealth , nor shine honour and virtues upon men equally common benefits are to be com- municated with all , but peculiar benefits with choice . And beware ...
... maketh the " sun to shine upon the just and the unjust ; " but he doth not rain wealth , nor shine honour and virtues upon men equally common benefits are to be com- municated with all , but peculiar benefits with choice . And beware ...
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