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Page xxvii
... seemes , they come home , to Mens Businesse , and Bosomes . I haue en- larged them , both in Number , and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke . I thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to your Grace ...
... seemes , they come home , to Mens Businesse , and Bosomes . I haue en- larged them , both in Number , and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke . I thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to your Grace ...
Page 10
... seeme to many , a Matter triviall , and done already : But if it were done lesse par- tially , it would be embraced more generally . Of this I may give onely this Advice , accord- ing to my small Modell . Men ought to take heede , of ...
... seeme to many , a Matter triviall , and done already : But if it were done lesse par- tially , it would be embraced more generally . Of this I may give onely this Advice , accord- ing to my small Modell . Men ought to take heede , of ...
Page 36
... seemes ( though rarely ) that Love can finde entrance , not only into an open Heart ; but also into a Heart well fortified ; if watch be not well kept . It is a poore Saying of Epicurus ; Satis magnum Alter Alteri Thea- trum sumus : As ...
... seemes ( though rarely ) that Love can finde entrance , not only into an open Heart ; but also into a Heart well fortified ; if watch be not well kept . It is a poore Saying of Epicurus ; Satis magnum Alter Alteri Thea- trum sumus : As ...
Page 66
... seeme to be more then they are ; For that , all that Impugne a received Religion , or Superstition , are by the adverse Part , branded with the Name of Atheists . But the great Atheists , indeed , are Hypocrites ; which are ever ...
... seeme to be more then they are ; For that , all that Impugne a received Religion , or Superstition , are by the adverse Part , branded with the Name of Atheists . But the great Atheists , indeed , are Hypocrites ; which are ever ...
Page 87
... a square Table , or Seats about the Walls , seeme Things of Forme , but are Things of Substance ; For at a long Table , a few at the upper end , in effect , sway all the Businesse ; But in the other Forme Ef Counsell 87.
... a square Table , or Seats about the Walls , seeme Things of Forme , but are Things of Substance ; For at a long Table , a few at the upper end , in effect , sway all the Businesse ; But in the other Forme Ef Counsell 87.
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