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Page vii
... thoughts of great men , but to see these men in their moments of leisure , when they unbend and come down to the level of ordinary mortals . Weak stomachs cannot bear too much of a good , thing , and nothing is so tiresome as the ...
... thoughts of great men , but to see these men in their moments of leisure , when they unbend and come down to the level of ordinary mortals . Weak stomachs cannot bear too much of a good , thing , and nothing is so tiresome as the ...
Page ix
... thought 250 readers might be found who would be glad to have a reprint of it . The production of these antiquarian works in short numbers is necessarily very expensive , and after " trade allowances " and other deductions have been made ...
... thought 250 readers might be found who would be glad to have a reprint of it . The production of these antiquarian works in short numbers is necessarily very expensive , and after " trade allowances " and other deductions have been made ...
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... thought and doctrine . For what do " Letters " stand for but the record of the catholic experience of human mind , in its inter- course with self , with nature , with man , with the in- finite and the unseen ? The glory of literature ...
... thought and doctrine . For what do " Letters " stand for but the record of the catholic experience of human mind , in its inter- course with self , with nature , with man , with the in- finite and the unseen ? The glory of literature ...
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... thought , but with the force of words , and with shades of meaning , must have been something simply Herculean , when we recollect that lexicons and grammars and editions did not exist in his day . But a memory of the literary kind ...
... thought , but with the force of words , and with shades of meaning , must have been something simply Herculean , when we recollect that lexicons and grammars and editions did not exist in his day . But a memory of the literary kind ...
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... thought , indirectly brought the system of which they were fered from the satire of Rabe- lais and Mon- taigne . His exposure of the vices and follies of Churchmen helped forward the Reforma- tion . It is not easy between oppo- were the ...
... thought , indirectly brought the system of which they were fered from the satire of Rabe- lais and Mon- taigne . His exposure of the vices and follies of Churchmen helped forward the Reforma- tion . It is not easy between oppo- were the ...
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aboue afore Alexander Antigonus Antipater Antisthenes Apophthegmes Aristippus Athenes Atheniens Augustus aunswered battaill betwene beyng bodie Cæsar called capitain cast chaunce Cicero citee citezen clene commaunded commen countree Craterus daie daye death deede demaunded Demosthenes Diogenes doen doeth dooe doughter doyng emong Erasmus euen euery euill facion fauour feloe ferre frendes gaue geue geuen Goddes Greke harte hath haue hauing herte honest honour hous hymself ieste iudge Iulius Caesar Iupiter king kyng Latine litle liue liyng loue maie maister maner manne menne moche mynde neuer nothyng oratour ouer Philippus Philosophier Phocion Plato Plutarchus poinct Pompeius prince prouerbe quoth receiued Rome saie saied saieth saiyng sapience seruaunt shewe Signifiyng soche soche persones Socrates sones sonne thee theim thesame thing thou thyng toke twoo tyme veray vertue vnder vnto vocable vpon vsed waie warre waye werke woordes wordes yeres
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Page 425 - There's not a budding boy or girl this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in may.
Page 437 - It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Page 467 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 461 - We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished...
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Page 461 - Lastly, leaving the vulgar arguments that by learning man excelleth man in that wherein man excelleth beasts ; that by learning man ascendeth to the heavens and their motions, where in body he cannot come, and the like : let us conclude with the dignity and excellency of knowledge and learning in that whereunto man's nature doth mos't aspire, which is, immortality or continuance : for to this tendeth generation, and raising of houses and families ; to this...
Page 412 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Page 429 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Page 462 - But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds...
Page 425 - ... ere this is come Back, and with white-thorn laden home. Some have despatched their cakes and cream, Before that we have left to dream: And some have wept and woo'd, and plighted troth, And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth : Many a green-gown has been given, Many a kiss, both odd and even: Many a glance, too, has been sent From out the eye, love's firmament: Many a jest told of the keys...