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Page 76
... favour , and is not the Thing he was . To speake now of the true Temper of Em- pire : It is a Thing rare , & hard to keep : For both Temper & Distemper consist of Contraries . But it is one thing to mingle Contraries , an- other to ...
... favour , and is not the Thing he was . To speake now of the true Temper of Em- pire : It is a Thing rare , & hard to keep : For both Temper & Distemper consist of Contraries . But it is one thing to mingle Contraries , an- other to ...
Page 100
... Favoured . All this is true , if Time stood still ; which con- trariwise moveth so round , that a Froward Re- tention of Custome , is as turbulent a Thing , as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times , are but a ...
... Favoured . All this is true , if Time stood still ; which con- trariwise moveth so round , that a Froward Re- tention of Custome , is as turbulent a Thing , as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times , are but a ...
Page 109
... favour was so great , as Antonius in a Letter , which is re- cited Verbatim , in one of Cicero's Philippiques , calleth him Venefica , Witch ; As if he had enchanted Cæsar . Augustus raised Agrippa ( though of meane Birth ) to that ...
... favour was so great , as Antonius in a Letter , which is re- cited Verbatim , in one of Cicero's Philippiques , calleth him Venefica , Witch ; As if he had enchanted Cæsar . Augustus raised Agrippa ( though of meane Birth ) to that ...
Page 113
... Favour . As for Busi- nesse , a Man may think , if he will , that two Eyes see no more then one ; Or that a Gamester seeth alwaies more then a Looker on ; Or that a Man in Anger , is as Wise as he , that hath said over the foure and ...
... Favour . As for Busi- nesse , a Man may think , if he will , that two Eyes see no more then one ; Or that a Gamester seeth alwaies more then a Looker on ; Or that a Man in Anger , is as Wise as he , that hath said over the foure and ...
Page 118
... Gift lieth the other way ; To bring a Great and Flourishing Estate to Ruine and Decay . And certainly , those De- generate Arts and Shifts , whereby many Coun- sellours and Governours , gaine both Favour with their Masters.
... Gift lieth the other way ; To bring a Great and Flourishing Estate to Ruine and Decay . And certainly , those De- generate Arts and Shifts , whereby many Coun- sellours and Governours , gaine both Favour with their Masters.
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