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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... speake before your noble Grace : to th ' intent there prudent advises and affaires be not by my simpleness and folly hindred or impaired . Which thinge if it should so happ , as it were well likly to mishapp in me ( if your Grace's X ...
... speake before your noble Grace : to th ' intent there prudent advises and affaires be not by my simpleness and folly hindred or impaired . Which thinge if it should so happ , as it were well likly to mishapp in me ( if your Grace's X ...
Page xi
... speake in such wise , as he would afterward wish to have beene uttered otherwise , and yeat noe worse will had when he spake it , then 30 he hath when he would so gladly chaunge it : Therefore ( most Gratious Soveraigne ) consideringe ...
... speake in such wise , as he would afterward wish to have beene uttered otherwise , and yeat noe worse will had when he spake it , then 30 he hath when he would so gladly chaunge it : Therefore ( most Gratious Soveraigne ) consideringe ...
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... speake , should happen of your Heighnes to be taken : and in this poynte your well knowne benignitie putteth every man in right good hope . Yet such is the waight of the matter , such is the reverend dread 5 that the timorous hartes of ...
... speake , should happen of your Heighnes to be taken : and in this poynte your well knowne benignitie putteth every man in right good hope . Yet such is the waight of the matter , such is the reverend dread 5 that the timorous hartes of ...
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... speake to one Mr Marney , who makinge him no answere nether , he severally asked the same Question of divers others accounted the wisest of the company . To whome 20 when none of them all would give so much as one word , beinge before ...
... speake to one Mr Marney , who makinge him no answere nether , he severally asked the same Question of divers others accounted the wisest of the company . To whome 20 when none of them all would give so much as one word , beinge before ...
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... speake as lewdly as they list of me , and shoote never soe many arrowes at me , so longe as they do not hitt 15 me , what am I the worse ? But if the [ y ] should once hitt me , then would it a litle trouble me : howbeit , I trust , by ...
... speake as lewdly as they list of me , and shoote never soe many arrowes at me , so longe as they do not hitt 15 me , what am I the worse ? But if the [ y ] should once hitt me , then would it a litle trouble me : howbeit , I trust , by ...
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