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Page 58
... Customes ; Breaking of Priviledges ; Generall Oppression ; Advancement of unwor- thy persons ; Strangers ; Dearths ; Disbanded Souldiers ; Factions growne desperate ; And whatsoever in offending People , ioyneth and knitteth them , in a ...
... Customes ; Breaking of Priviledges ; Generall Oppression ; Advancement of unwor- thy persons ; Strangers ; Dearths ; Disbanded Souldiers ; Factions growne desperate ; And whatsoever in offending People , ioyneth and knitteth them , in a ...
Page 66
... Custome of Profane Scoff- ing in Holy Matters ; which doth , by little and little , deface the Reverence of Religion . And lastly , Learned Times , specially with Peace , and Prosperity : For Troubles and Adversities doe more bow Mens ...
... Custome of Profane Scoff- ing in Holy Matters ; which doth , by little and little , deface the Reverence of Religion . And lastly , Learned Times , specially with Peace , and Prosperity : For Troubles and Adversities doe more bow Mens ...
Page 74
... doth not change his Country Manners , for those of Forraigne Parts ; But onely , prick in some Flowers , of that he hath Learned abroad , into the Customes of his owne Country . XIX Of Empire T is a miserable State of Minde 74 Essayes.
... doth not change his Country Manners , for those of Forraigne Parts ; But onely , prick in some Flowers , of that he hath Learned abroad , into the Customes of his owne Country . XIX Of Empire T is a miserable State of Minde 74 Essayes.
Page 80
... little danger from them , except it be , where they have Great and Potent Heads ; Or where you meddle , with the Point of Religion ; Or their Customes , or Meanes of Life . For their Men of warre ; It is a dangerous 80 Essayes.
... little danger from them , except it be , where they have Great and Potent Heads ; Or where you meddle , with the Point of Religion ; Or their Customes , or Meanes of Life . For their Men of warre ; It is a dangerous 80 Essayes.
Page 99
... Custome , though it be not good , yet at least it is fit . And those Things , which have long gone together , are as it were confederate within themselves : Whereas New Things peece not so well ; But though they helpe by their utility ...
... Custome , though it be not good , yet at least it is fit . And those Things , which have long gone together , are as it were confederate within themselves : Whereas New Things peece not so well ; But though they helpe by their utility ...
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