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Page 31
... looke on . Thus much for those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto ...
... looke on . Thus much for those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto ...
Page 43
... looke not for it , then exclude them , when they have reason to looke to be called . Be not too sensible , or too remembring , of thy Place , in Conversation , and private Answers to Suitors ; But let it rather be said ; When he sits in ...
... looke not for it , then exclude them , when they have reason to looke to be called . Be not too sensible , or too remembring , of thy Place , in Conversation , and private Answers to Suitors ; But let it rather be said ; When he sits in ...
Page 71
... looke abroad little . It is a strange Thing , that in Sea voyages , where there is nothing to be seene , but Sky and Sea , Men should make Diaries ; but in Land- Travaile , wherin so much is to be observed , for the most part , they ...
... looke abroad little . It is a strange Thing , that in Sea voyages , where there is nothing to be seene , but Sky and Sea , Men should make Diaries ; but in Land- Travaile , wherin so much is to be observed , for the most part , they ...
Page 100
... Scripture saith ; That we make a stand upon the Ancient Way , and then looke about us , and discover , what is the straight , and right way , and so to walke in it . XXV Of Dispatch AFFECTED Dispatch , is one of the 100 Essayes.
... Scripture saith ; That we make a stand upon the Ancient Way , and then looke about us , and discover , what is the straight , and right way , and so to walke in it . XXV Of Dispatch AFFECTED Dispatch , is one of the 100 Essayes.
Page 103
... looke for Dispatch , let the Middle onely be the Worke of Many , and the First and Last the Worke of Few . The Pro- ceeding upon somewhat conceived in Writing , doth for the most part facilitate Dispatch : For though it should be wholly ...
... looke for Dispatch , let the Middle onely be the Worke of Many , and the First and Last the Worke of Few . The Pro- ceeding upon somewhat conceived in Writing , doth for the most part facilitate Dispatch : For though it should be wholly ...
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