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... pleasures of the affections greater than the pleasures of the senses . 66 66 66 And are " not the pleasures of the ... pleasure and delight of knowledge and learning far surpasseth all other in nature ; for , " shall the pleasures of ...
... pleasures of the affections greater than the pleasures of the senses . 66 66 66 And are " not the pleasures of the ... pleasure and delight of knowledge and learning far surpasseth all other in nature ; for , " shall the pleasures of ...
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... pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advantage , as with the merchant , but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell this same truth is a naked and open day - light , that doth not shew the masks , and mummeries , and triumphs of the world ...
... pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advantage , as with the merchant , but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell this same truth is a naked and open day - light , that doth not shew the masks , and mummeries , and triumphs of the world ...
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... pleasure . Doth any man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds , vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men , poor ...
... pleasure . Doth any man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds , vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men , poor ...
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... pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and " the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth , ( a hill not to be commanded , and " where the ...
... pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and " the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth , ( a hill not to be commanded , and " where the ...
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... pleasure , or honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry for loving himself better than me ? man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch , because ...
... pleasure , or honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry for loving himself better than me ? man should do wrong , merely out of ill - nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch , because ...
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