More's Utopia, tr. by R. Robynson, pr. from the 2nd ed., 1556. To which is prefixed The life of sir Thos. More by W. Roper, repr. from Hearne's ed., 1716. Ed., with intr., notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... chaunce rise not , whiche is most for the plaiers advauntage , that then the chaunce , which fortune . 10 hathe sent , ought so connyngly to be played , as may be to the plaier least dammage . By the which worthy similitude surely the ...
... chaunce rise not , whiche is most for the plaiers advauntage , that then the chaunce , which fortune . 10 hathe sent , ought so connyngly to be played , as may be to the plaier least dammage . By the which worthy similitude surely the ...
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... chaunce hath made , or he hym selfe hath chosen to be the felowes and companyons of hys life : so that with to muche gentle behavioure and familiaritie , he do ΤΟ great wasters of time , not marre them , THE EPISTLE . II.
... chaunce hath made , or he hym selfe hath chosen to be the felowes and companyons of hys life : so that with to muche gentle behavioure and familiaritie , he do ΤΟ great wasters of time , not marre them , THE EPISTLE . II.
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... chaunce he arrived in Taprobane , from whence he went to Caliquit , where he chaunced to fynde certayne of hys countreye shippes , wherein he retourned agayne into his countreye , nothynge lesse then looked for . 30 All this when Peter ...
... chaunce he arrived in Taprobane , from whence he went to Caliquit , where he chaunced to fynde certayne of hys countreye shippes , wherein he retourned agayne into his countreye , nothynge lesse then looked for . 30 All this when Peter ...
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... chaunce daily before our eyes . First there is a mother of great numbre of gentlemen , which can not be content to live idle themselves , lyke dorres , of that whiche other have laboured for : their tenauntes I meane , whom they polle ...
... chaunce daily before our eyes . First there is a mother of great numbre of gentlemen , which can not be content to live idle themselves , lyke dorres , of that whiche other have laboured for : their tenauntes I meane , whom they polle ...
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... chaunce to be taken and discrived , yet he is in no more daunger and jeoperdie , then if he had committed but single fellonye . Therfore whiles we go about with suche crueltie to make theves aferd , we provoke them to kil good men . Now ...
... chaunce to be taken and discrived , yet he is in no more daunger and jeoperdie , then if he had committed but single fellonye . Therfore whiles we go about with suche crueltie to make theves aferd , we provoke them to kil good men . Now ...
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Amaurote anye avaunce awaye beinge beleve beynge Bishopp bycause Cambridge Cardinall cause certein chaunce citie College comminge common wealth counsell countrey daunger daye death dede divers doth English evel everye farre favour frendes furth geve geven Grace hable hath Henry VIII Highnes honour kepe King's Kinge kynge labour land Latin lawes learninge litle Lord Chauncellor lyfe maner manye matter maye moneye mooste More's mynde myne never nothinge Octavo onelye P. G. TAIT Parliament perceave Plato pleasaunt pleasure prince quod quoth Raphael Realme receave religion Robynson sayd saye selfe Shaks shal shewed Sir Tho Sir Thomas Moore sonne St John's College stoore themselfes thereof therfore theves theyr thinges thinke thou thynge Trinity College tyme University of Cambridge unto Utopians vertue verye warre waye wayges weale publique wherin whome whyche wise witte woorke word wyll ΙΟ
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