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... evil fame " deserved ? Or , likewise , who can see worse days , " than he that yet living doth follow at the funerals " of his own reputation . " 66 PAGE 7 OF THIS VOLUME . " A mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert ...
... evil fame " deserved ? Or , likewise , who can see worse days , " than he that yet living doth follow at the funerals " of his own reputation . " 66 PAGE 7 OF THIS VOLUME . " A mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert ...
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... evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion . This is certain , that a man that stu- dieth revenge , keeps his own wounds green , which otherwise would heal and do well . Public revenges are for the most part fortunate ; as that for ...
... evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion . This is certain , that a man that stu- dieth revenge , keeps his own wounds green , which otherwise would heal and do well . Public revenges are for the most part fortunate ; as that for ...
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... evil influences of the stars evil aspects ; so that still there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the act of envy , an ejaculation , or irradiation of the eye : nay , some have been so curious as to note , that the times , when the stroke ...
... evil influences of the stars evil aspects ; so that still there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the act of envy , an ejaculation , or irradiation of the eye : nay , some have been so curious as to note , that the times , when the stroke ...
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... evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's virtue , will seek to come at even hand , by depressing another's fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is commonly envious ...
... evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's virtue , will seek to come at even hand , by depressing another's fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is commonly envious ...
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... evil ; whereof the latter is a curse : for in evil the best condition is not to will ; the second not to can . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts ( though God accept them ) , yet towards men ...
... evil ; whereof the latter is a curse : for in evil the best condition is not to will ; the second not to can . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts ( though God accept them ) , yet towards men ...
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