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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... ende . ' The which is found in the same sense 53. 12 , ' there is no waye so proffitable , nor more honorable , as the whyche hathe a shewe and coloure of justice . ' He employs very they where we should now say those very men , as 129 ...
... ende . ' The which is found in the same sense 53. 12 , ' there is no waye so proffitable , nor more honorable , as the whyche hathe a shewe and coloure of justice . ' He employs very they where we should now say those very men , as 129 ...
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... ende , ceassed not by al meanes possible continualy to assault me , until he had at the laste , what by the force of 20 his pitthie argumentes and strong reasons , and what by hys authority so persuaded me , that he caused me to agree ...
... ende , ceassed not by al meanes possible continualy to assault me , until he had at the laste , what by the force of 20 his pitthie argumentes and strong reasons , and what by hys authority so persuaded me , that he caused me to agree ...
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... ende . But as the Latin proverbe sayeth : The hastye bitche bringeth furth blind whelpes . For when this my 20 worke was finished , the rudenes therof shewed it to be done in poste haste . How be it , rude and base though it were , yet ...
... ende . But as the Latin proverbe sayeth : The hastye bitche bringeth furth blind whelpes . For when this my 20 worke was finished , the rudenes therof shewed it to be done in poste haste . How be it , rude and base though it were , yet ...
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... ende loked somwhat earnestlye to my game . For though this worke came not from me so fine , so perfecte , and so exact at the first , as surely for my smale lerning it should have done , yf I had 30 then ment the publishing therof in ...
... ende loked somwhat earnestlye to my game . For though this worke came not from me so fine , so perfecte , and so exact at the first , as surely for my smale lerning it should have done , yf I had 30 then ment the publishing therof in ...
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... ende of the last voyage were left in the countrey of Gulike . He was therefore lefte be- hynde for hys mynde sake , as one that tooke more 20 thoughte and care for travailyng then dyenge : havyng cus- tomably in his mouth these saiynges ...
... ende of the last voyage were left in the countrey of Gulike . He was therefore lefte be- hynde for hys mynde sake , as one that tooke more 20 thoughte and care for travailyng then dyenge : havyng cus- tomably in his mouth these saiynges ...
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