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Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. She thinke her Husband Wise ; which She will never doe , if She finde him Jealous . Wives are young Mens Mistresses ; Companions for middle Age ; and old Mens Nurses . So as a Man may have a Quarrell ...
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. She thinke her Husband Wise ; which She will never doe , if She finde him Jealous . Wives are young Mens Mistresses ; Companions for middle Age ; and old Mens Nurses . So as a Man may have a Quarrell ...
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... thinke themselves goe backe . Deformed Persons , and Eunuches , and Old Men , and Bastards , are Envious : For he that cannot possibly mend his owne case , will doe what he can to impaire anothers ; Except these Defects light , upon a ...
... thinke themselves goe backe . Deformed Persons , and Eunuches , and Old Men , and Bastards , are Envious : For he that cannot possibly mend his owne case , will doe what he can to impaire anothers ; Except these Defects light , upon a ...
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... thinke other Mens Harmes , a Redemption , of their owne Sufferings . They , that desire to excell in too many Mat- ters , out of Levity , and Vaine glory , are ever Envious ; For they cannot want worke ; It being impossible , but many ...
... thinke other Mens Harmes , a Redemption , of their owne Sufferings . They , that desire to excell in too many Mat- ters , out of Levity , and Vaine glory , are ever Envious ; For they cannot want worke ; It being impossible , but many ...
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... thinke , that they earne their Honours hardly , and pitty them some- times ; And Pitty , ever healeth Envy : Where- fore , you shall observe that the more deepe , and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Great- nesse , are ever ...
... thinke , that they earne their Honours hardly , and pitty them some- times ; And Pitty , ever healeth Envy : Where- fore , you shall observe that the more deepe , and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Great- nesse , are ever ...
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... thinke it is , but as they are given to Wine ; For Perils , commonly aske , to be paid in Pleasures . There is in Mans Nature , a secret Inclination , and Motion , towards love of others ; which , if it be not spent , upon some one , or ...
... thinke it is , but as they are given to Wine ; For Perils , commonly aske , to be paid in Pleasures . There is in Mans Nature , a secret Inclination , and Motion , towards love of others ; which , if it be not spent , upon some one , or ...
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