The apophthegmes of Erasmus, tr. by N. UdallRoberts, 1877 - 468 pages |
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... callen Apophthegmata ) haue appropriated vnto them , a certain reason & marke of their own whereby to iudge , so that thei doe plainly expresse and sette out , out , the verie naturall inclinacion , and disposicion of xii . THE PREFACE.
... callen Apophthegmata ) haue appropriated vnto them , a certain reason & marke of their own whereby to iudge , so that thei doe plainly expresse and sette out , out , the verie naturall inclinacion , and disposicion of xii . THE PREFACE.
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... certain thinges , whiche Raphael lefte vntouched , and Raphael likewise some thynges of which Philelphus maketh no mencion at all . Besides this where Plutarchus in the Preface by expresse woordes doeth plainly testifie , that in the ...
... certain thinges , whiche Raphael lefte vntouched , and Raphael likewise some thynges of which Philelphus maketh no mencion at all . Besides this where Plutarchus in the Preface by expresse woordes doeth plainly testifie , that in the ...
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... certain thynges to passe ouer and to leaue out . Therefore , I haue thought better , to make at this tyme a deintie feaste , then a coumbreous or troublesome , especially for that , if any thyng be in this present supper lefte out , it ...
... certain thynges to passe ouer and to leaue out . Therefore , I haue thought better , to make at this tyme a deintie feaste , then a coumbreous or troublesome , especially for that , if any thyng be in this present supper lefte out , it ...
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... certain alteracion , that was betwene Cn . Domitius and Lucius Crassus in Rome , how wide been thei the one from the other , but without all life or solle been those thynges , that in some writers are feigned to haue been the woordes of ...
... certain alteracion , that was betwene Cn . Domitius and Lucius Crassus in Rome , how wide been thei the one from the other , but without all life or solle been those thynges , that in some writers are feigned to haue been the woordes of ...
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... certain geastes into his hous , he had sclendrely prepared for theim : if thei be honest men ( quoth he ) it wilbe enough : if not , a great deale to moch . One lesson of his was , that men should abstein from meates , whiche might ...
... certain geastes into his hous , he had sclendrely prepared for theim : if thei be honest men ( quoth he ) it wilbe enough : if not , a great deale to moch . One lesson of his was , that men should abstein from meates , whiche might ...
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