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Page 171
... shew . And what if the plainest reasons are the best seated : the mean- est , basest and most beaten , are best applied unto affaires ? To maintaine the authority of our Kings counsell , it is not requisite , that prophane persons ...
... shew . And what if the plainest reasons are the best seated : the mean- est , basest and most beaten , are best applied unto affaires ? To maintaine the authority of our Kings counsell , it is not requisite , that prophane persons ...
Page 175
... shew themselves ingenious , by observing in the reading of some work , the point of beauty stay their admiration with so bad a choise , that in lieu of teaching us the authors excellency , they shew us their owne ignor- ance . This ...
... shew themselves ingenious , by observing in the reading of some work , the point of beauty stay their admiration with so bad a choise , that in lieu of teaching us the authors excellency , they shew us their owne ignor- ance . This ...
Page 273
... shew of my manners in such things ) I have demeaned my selfe like one that is too slowly mooved and with a languishing affection : And they are not altogether void of reason . I strive to keepe me minde and thoughts quiet . Cum semper ...
... shew of my manners in such things ) I have demeaned my selfe like one that is too slowly mooved and with a languishing affection : And they are not altogether void of reason . I strive to keepe me minde and thoughts quiet . Cum semper ...
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