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... never so little , he must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ- * " To Mr. Matthews ; along with the Book De Sapientia Ve- " terum . - I Heartily thank you for your Letter , of the 24th " of August , from ...
... never so little , he must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ- * " To Mr. Matthews ; along with the Book De Sapientia Ve- " terum . - I Heartily thank you for your Letter , of the 24th " of August , from ...
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... never move but by the " wind of other men's breath , and have no oars of " their own to steer withal . " But this opinion thus early impressed upon his mind seems to have been regulated in the year 1605 , when he published the ...
... never move but by the " wind of other men's breath , and have no oars of " their own to steer withal . " But this opinion thus early impressed upon his mind seems to have been regulated in the year 1605 , when he published the ...
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... never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man and man , shall we not think that God above , that knows the heart , doth not discern that frail men , in some of their contradictions , intend ...
... never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which is between man and man , shall we not think that God above , that knows the heart , doth not discern that frail men , in some of their contradictions , intend ...
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... never read that we are " commanded to forgive our friends . " spirit of Job was in a better tune : saith he , " take good at God's hands , and not be " content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion . This is certain ...
... never read that we are " commanded to forgive our friends . " spirit of Job was in a better tune : saith he , " take good at God's hands , and not be " content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion . This is certain ...
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... never where the elder are disinherited . not for it freed VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . * imirrelevant He that hath wife and children hath given hos- tages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of ...
... never where the elder are disinherited . not for it freed VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE . * imirrelevant He that hath wife and children hath given hos- tages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of ...
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