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Page xii
... thing is auncient . For Senacaes Epistles to Lucilius , yf one marke them well , are but Essaies , —That is dispersed ... things wherein both mens Lives and theire pens are most conversant yet ( What I have attained , I knowe not ) but I ...
... thing is auncient . For Senacaes Epistles to Lucilius , yf one marke them well , are but Essaies , —That is dispersed ... things wherein both mens Lives and theire pens are most conversant yet ( What I have attained , I knowe not ) but I ...
Page xxvii
... 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 , to Mens Businesse , and Bosomes . I haue en- larged them , both in ...
... 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 , to Mens Businesse , and Bosomes . I haue en- larged them , both in ...
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... Praise 54 Of Vain - Glory 55 Of Honour and Reputation 56 Of Iudicature · PAGE 207 210 213 216 219 222 57 Of Anger 228 58 Of Vicissitude of Things . 231 Of Fame , a fragment 239 ESSAYES I Of Truth WHAT is Truly for an Answer The Table xxxi.
... Praise 54 Of Vain - Glory 55 Of Honour and Reputation 56 Of Iudicature · PAGE 207 210 213 216 219 222 57 Of Anger 228 58 Of Vicissitude of Things . 231 Of Fame , a fragment 239 ESSAYES I Of Truth WHAT is Truly for an Answer The Table xxxi.
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... Things ; full of Melancholy , and Indisposition , and un- pleasing to themselves ? One of the Fathers , in great Severity , called Poesie , Vinum Damo- num ; because it filleth the Imagination , and yet it is , but with the shadow of a ...
... Things ; full of Melancholy , and Indisposition , and un- pleasing to themselves ? One of the Fathers , in great Severity , called Poesie , Vinum Damo- num ; because it filleth the Imagination , and yet it is , but with the shadow of a ...
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... Thing , to be Vouched in so Serious a Matter , but yet it expresseth well the Deformity . There is a Master of Scoffing ... Things . As for the Fruit towards those that are within ; It is Peace ; which containeth infinite Blessings : It ...
... Thing , to be Vouched in so Serious a Matter , but yet it expresseth well the Deformity . There is a Master of Scoffing ... Things . As for the Fruit towards those that are within ; It is Peace ; which containeth infinite Blessings : It ...
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