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Page xvi
... the fact that the Essay “ Of Seditions and Trous bles , " which then existed only
in MS . , was included in the volume , and that a portion of the dedicatory letter to
Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage xvi Prefate.
... the fact that the Essay “ Of Seditions and Trous bles , " which then existed only
in MS . , was included in the volume , and that a portion of the dedicatory letter to
Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage xvi Prefate.
Page xvii
The passage “ To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is translated nearly word for
word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this Italian translation ,
aca cording to Mr Singer , there were two editions bearing the same date , but ...
The passage “ To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is translated nearly word for
word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this Italian translation ,
aca cording to Mr Singer , there were two editions bearing the same date , but ...
Page xviii
And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in
Ecclesiastes 3 , where the Preacher saith that he sought to find out Verba
Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is ,
perhaps , his ...
And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in
Ecclesiastes 3 , where the Preacher saith that he sought to find out Verba
Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is ,
perhaps , his ...
Page xix
In another passage Aubrey is still more precise : “ He told me that he was
employed in translating part of the Essayes , viz . three of them , one whereof was
that of the Greatnesse of Cities , the other two I have now forgott " ( 11. p . 234 ) :
The ...
In another passage Aubrey is still more precise : “ He told me that he was
employed in translating part of the Essayes , viz . three of them , one whereof was
that of the Greatnesse of Cities , the other two I have now forgott " ( 11. p . 234 ) :
The ...
Page xx
It certainly is not indicated in the letter itself , of which the following is the passage
in question . “ Joannes Sarisburiensis e nostris pene solus est , qui rimatus
arcana Ethices et Philologia puriora , monimentum . reliquit mentis Philosophicę
in ...
It certainly is not indicated in the letter itself , of which the following is the passage
in question . “ Joannes Sarisburiensis e nostris pene solus est , qui rimatus
arcana Ethices et Philologia puriora , monimentum . reliquit mentis Philosophicę
in ...
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