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... saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ) ; and Verba 3 Eccles . xii . 10 , II . Fidelia ( as the same Tremellius ) ...
... saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ) ; and Verba 3 Eccles . xii . 10 , II . Fidelia ( as the same Tremellius ) ...
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... saith yet excellently well : It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the Sea : A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle , and to see a Battaile , and the Adventures thereof , below : But no pleasure is ...
... saith yet excellently well : It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the Sea : A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle , and to see a Battaile , and the Adventures thereof , below : But no pleasure is ...
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Francis Bacon. taigny saith prettily , when he enquired the rea- son , why the word of the Lie , should be such a Disgrace , and such an Odious Charge ? Saith he , If it be well weighed , To say that a man lieth , is as much to say , as ...
Francis Bacon. taigny saith prettily , when he enquired the rea- son , why the word of the Lie , should be such a Disgrace , and such an Odious Charge ? Saith he , If it be well weighed , To say that a man lieth , is as much to say , as ...
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... saith of him ; Iam Tiberium Vires , & Corpus , non Dissimulatio , deserebant . Vespasian in a Iest ; Sitting upon the Stoole , Ut puto Deus fio . Galba with a Sentence ; Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ; Holding forth his Necke ...
... saith of him ; Iam Tiberium Vires , & Corpus , non Dissimulatio , deserebant . Vespasian in a Iest ; Sitting upon the Stoole , Ut puto Deus fio . Galba with a Sentence ; Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ; Holding forth his Necke ...
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... saith he , Qui Fi- nem Vitæ extremum inter Munera ponat Na- turæ . It is as Naturall to die , as to be borne ; And to a little Infant , perhaps , the one , is as painfull , as the other . He that dies in an earn- est Pursuit , is like ...
... saith he , Qui Fi- nem Vitæ extremum inter Munera ponat Na- turæ . It is as Naturall to die , as to be borne ; And to a little Infant , perhaps , the one , is as painfull , as the other . He that dies in an earn- est Pursuit , is like ...
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