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... Fortune , and Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub . lish my Essayes ; which of all my other workes , haue beene most Currant : For that , as it seemes , they come home ...
... Fortune , and Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub . lish my Essayes ; which of all my other workes , haue beene most Currant : For that , as it seemes , they come home ...
Page xxx
... Fortune 41 Of Vsury . 42 Of Youth and Age 162 165 168 173 43 Of Beautie 44 Of Deformitie 45 Of Building 46 Of Gardens 47 Of Negotiating 48 Of Followers and Frends 49 Of Sutours 50 Of Studies 176 178 180 186 195 198 201 204 51 Of Faction ...
... Fortune 41 Of Vsury . 42 Of Youth and Age 162 165 168 173 43 Of Beautie 44 Of Deformitie 45 Of Building 46 Of Gardens 47 Of Negotiating 48 Of Followers and Frends 49 Of Sutours 50 Of Studies 176 178 180 186 195 198 201 204 51 Of Faction ...
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... fortunes more bitter : They increase the Cares of Life ; but they mitigate the Remembrance of Death . The Perpetuity by Generation is com- mon to Beasts ; But Memory , Merit , and Noble workes , are proper to Men : And surely a Man ...
... fortunes more bitter : They increase the Cares of Life ; but they mitigate the Remembrance of Death . The Perpetuity by Generation is com- mon to Beasts ; But Memory , Merit , and Noble workes , are proper to Men : And surely a Man ...
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... Fortune ; For they are Imp- iments , to great Enterprises , either of Vert or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , a of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceed from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in ...
... Fortune ; For they are Imp- iments , to great Enterprises , either of Vert or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , a of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceed from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in ...
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... Fortune . A man that is Busy , and Inquisitive , is com- monly Envious : For to know much of other Mens Matters ... Fortunes of others ; Neither can he , that mindeth but his own Busi- nesse , finde much matter for Envy . For Envy is a ...
... Fortune . A man that is Busy , and Inquisitive , is com- monly Envious : For to know much of other Mens Matters ... Fortunes of others ; Neither can he , that mindeth but his own Busi- nesse , finde much matter for Envy . For Envy is a ...
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