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... wit be wandering , let him study the " mathematics ; for in demonstrations , if his wit be " called away never so little , he must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ- * " To Mr. Matthews ; along with the ...
... wit be wandering , let him study the " mathematics ; for in demonstrations , if his wit be " called away never so little , he must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ- * " To Mr. Matthews ; along with the ...
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... wits , which are of the same veins , though there be not so much blood in them . as was in those of the ancients . But it is not only the difficulty and la- bour which men take in finding out of truth , nor again , that when it is found ...
... wits , which are of the same veins , though there be not so much blood in them . as was in those of the ancients . But it is not only the difficulty and la- bour which men take in finding out of truth , nor again , that when it is found ...
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... wit and a strong heart to know when to tell truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the great dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts " of her husband , and dissimulation of ...
... wit and a strong heart to know when to tell truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the great dissemblers . Tacitus saith , " Livia sorted well with the arts " of her husband , and dissimulation of ...
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... wits of direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and ( as we now say ) putting tricks upon them , than upon soundness of their own proceedings : but Solomon saith , " Prudens ad- " vertit ad gressus suos : stultus ...
... wits of direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and ( as we now say ) putting tricks upon them , than upon soundness of their own proceedings : but Solomon saith , " Prudens ad- " vertit ad gressus suos : stultus ...
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... wits and under- standing do clarify and break up , in the communi- cating and discoursing with another ; he tosseth his thoughts more easily he marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words ...
... wits and under- standing do clarify and break up , in the communi- cating and discoursing with another ; he tosseth his thoughts more easily he marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words ...
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