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... truth is simple and naked , and needs not invective to apparel her comeliness.— Sidney . II . Scholars are men of peace ; they bear no arms , but their tongues are sharper than Actius ' razor , their pens carry further , and give a ...
... truth is simple and naked , and needs not invective to apparel her comeliness.— Sidney . II . Scholars are men of peace ; they bear no arms , but their tongues are sharper than Actius ' razor , their pens carry further , and give a ...
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... truth in every shepherd's tongue , These pleasures might my passion move , To live with thee , and be thy love . But fading flowers in every field , To winter floods their treasures yield ; A honey'd tongue , a heart of gall , Is ...
... truth in every shepherd's tongue , These pleasures might my passion move , To live with thee , and be thy love . But fading flowers in every field , To winter floods their treasures yield ; A honey'd tongue , a heart of gall , Is ...
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... is the certain measure of truth ; his own knowledge , of what is possible in nature ; though his mind and his thoughts change every seven years , as well as his C strength and his features : nay , though his opinions LACONICS . 13.
... is the certain measure of truth ; his own knowledge , of what is possible in nature ; though his mind and his thoughts change every seven years , as well as his C strength and his features : nay , though his opinions LACONICS . 13.
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... truth , that no man is wise or safe , but he that is honest all I have designed is peace to my country , and may England enjoy that blessing when I shall have no more proportion in it than what my ashes make.- Sir W. Raleigh . LXVIII ...
... truth , that no man is wise or safe , but he that is honest all I have designed is peace to my country , and may England enjoy that blessing when I shall have no more proportion in it than what my ashes make.- Sir W. Raleigh . LXVIII ...
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... truth is , the easiness of the government has made some so wanton as to kick against it ; our own historians write , that most of our kings have been un- ` thankfully used.— Sir W. Raleigh , CLXVII . No observation is more common , and ...
... truth is , the easiness of the government has made some so wanton as to kick against it ; our own historians write , that most of our kings have been un- ` thankfully used.— Sir W. Raleigh , CLXVII . No observation is more common , and ...
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