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... Observations of the Wise , Faithful Sayings ; that is , credible Propo- sitions worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes3 , where the ...
... Observations of the Wise , Faithful Sayings ; that is , credible Propo- sitions worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes3 , where the ...
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... observing , that there is no passion in the minde of man , so weake , but it Mates , and Masters , the Feare of ... observe , how little Alteration , in good Spirits , the Approaches of Death make ; For they appeare , to be the same Men ...
... observing , that there is no passion in the minde of man , so weake , but it Mates , and Masters , the Feare of ... observe , how little Alteration , in good Spirits , the Approaches of Death make ; For they appeare , to be the same Men ...
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... Observation , of a wise Father , And no lesse ingenuously con- fessed ; That those , which held and perswaded , pressure of Consciences , were commonly inter- essed therin , themselves , for their owne ends . " IV Of Revenge REVENGE is ...
... Observation , of a wise Father , And no lesse ingenuously con- fessed ; That those , which held and perswaded , pressure of Consciences , were commonly inter- essed therin , themselves , for their owne ends . " IV Of Revenge REVENGE is ...
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... Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimu- lation , in the Negative ; when a man lets fall Signes , and Arguments , that he is not , that he is . And the third Simulation , in the Affirmative ; when a ...
... Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimu- lation , in the Negative ; when a man lets fall Signes , and Arguments , that he is not , that he is . And the third Simulation , in the Affirmative ; when a ...
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... observe that the more deepe , and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Great- nesse , are ever bemoaning themselves , what a Life they lead ; Chanting a Quanta patimur . Not that they feele it so , but onely to abate the Edge of ...
... observe that the more deepe , and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Great- nesse , are ever bemoaning themselves , what a Life they lead ; Chanting a Quanta patimur . Not that they feele it so , but onely to abate the Edge of ...
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