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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... therefore that there are put into the mouth of the supposed traveller to Utopia many of the arguments which had no doubt weighed with More in the decision at which he had arrived . When , for example , it is urged upon Hythloday in the ...
... therefore that there are put into the mouth of the supposed traveller to Utopia many of the arguments which had no doubt weighed with More in the decision at which he had arrived . When , for example , it is urged upon Hythloday in the ...
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... therefore is interesting as giving us in this way an insight into the mind of its author on topics of the greatest importance at the time when he lived . More represents the conversation which is set forth in the Utopia as having taken ...
... therefore is interesting as giving us in this way an insight into the mind of its author on topics of the greatest importance at the time when he lived . More represents the conversation which is set forth in the Utopia as having taken ...
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... pleasure for the sake of the more remote , and sacrifices the less pleasure for the sake of the greater , and esteems the felicity of the body politic far above that of the individual . Such felicity must therefore consist xi INTRODUCTION .
... pleasure for the sake of the more remote , and sacrifices the less pleasure for the sake of the greater , and esteems the felicity of the body politic far above that of the individual . Such felicity must therefore consist xi INTRODUCTION .
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... therefore consist in all that is good and honest , and so becomes a virtue and that whereunto man was ordained of God . The body is not to be afflicted for the mere sake of mortification unless some benefit is to result either directly ...
... therefore consist in all that is good and honest , and so becomes a virtue and that whereunto man was ordained of God . The body is not to be afflicted for the mere sake of mortification unless some benefit is to result either directly ...
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... therefore has a living interest for the people of to - day , for the same desires and aims fill the minds of the best among men at the present time ; but it is a homily on the hopelessness of labour in this field , that most schemes ...
... therefore has a living interest for the people of to - day , for the same desires and aims fill the minds of the best among men at the present time ; but it is a homily on the hopelessness of labour in this field , that most schemes ...
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