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Page 299
... better Men than himself ; yet if he steps forth with a Friday - look and a Lenten face , with a blessed Jesu ! and a mournful Ditty for the Vices of the times , oh ! then he is a Saint upon Earth 1 ; an Ambrose or an Augustine ; I mean ...
... better Men than himself ; yet if he steps forth with a Friday - look and a Lenten face , with a blessed Jesu ! and a mournful Ditty for the Vices of the times , oh ! then he is a Saint upon Earth 1 ; an Ambrose or an Augustine ; I mean ...
Page 315
... better : But I have found , That which is crooked cannot be made straight . I acquainted myself with Knowledge and Learning , and that in a great Variety , and with more Compass than depth : but though wisdom excelleth Folly , as much ...
... better : But I have found , That which is crooked cannot be made straight . I acquainted myself with Knowledge and Learning , and that in a great Variety , and with more Compass than depth : but though wisdom excelleth Folly , as much ...
Page 571
... better to repose in the earth betimes than to sit up late ; better , than to cling pertinaciously to what we feel crumbling under us , and to protract an inevitable fall . We may enjoy the present , while we are insensible of infirmity ...
... better to repose in the earth betimes than to sit up late ; better , than to cling pertinaciously to what we feel crumbling under us , and to protract an inevitable fall . We may enjoy the present , while we are insensible of infirmity ...
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