The apophthegmes of Erasmus, tr. by N. UdallRoberts, 1877 - 468 pages |
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Page 43
... moche grace of our vulgare toung as in my slender power and knowlege hath lien : not omittyng ne lettyng passe , either any one of al the Apophthegmes , as thei stand in order ( excepte twoo or three at the moste , beyng of soche sorte ...
... moche grace of our vulgare toung as in my slender power and knowlege hath lien : not omittyng ne lettyng passe , either any one of al the Apophthegmes , as thei stand in order ( excepte twoo or three at the moste , beyng of soche sorte ...
Page 43
... moche deceiued ) more profitable for your studies . I haue therefore out of euery good aucthour for the moste parte , chosen and gathered that the Grekes callen Apophthegmata , that is in En- glishe , notable good & brief saiynges , for ...
... moche deceiued ) more profitable for your studies . I haue therefore out of euery good aucthour for the moste parte , chosen and gathered that the Grekes callen Apophthegmata , that is in En- glishe , notable good & brief saiynges , for ...
Page xiv
... moche strougleyng and wrastlyng , with the faultes of Imprintyng in the bookes , at whiche it could not bee auoided , but that the en- terpreters and translatours , maugre their heddes did stumble . For it is a thing vneth beleueable ...
... moche strougleyng and wrastlyng , with the faultes of Imprintyng in the bookes , at whiche it could not bee auoided , but that the en- terpreters and translatours , maugre their heddes did stumble . For it is a thing vneth beleueable ...
Page xv
... moche the rather shall he for lucre and auauntage be corrupted . That this autour hath been so vsed , the very diuersite of the Greke text , not agreyng one copie with an other doeth right well argue and proue . For all others omitted ...
... moche the rather shall he for lucre and auauntage be corrupted . That this autour hath been so vsed , the very diuersite of the Greke text , not agreyng one copie with an other doeth right well argue and proue . For all others omitted ...
Page xvii
... moche more often deprehended and openly founde in the other werke of Apophthegmes , but in bothe werkes , so often as thesame fallyng in a slumber , and forgettyng hymself , can not light on Plutarchus , a writer of precise diligence ...
... moche more often deprehended and openly founde in the other werke of Apophthegmes , but in bothe werkes , so often as thesame fallyng in a slumber , and forgettyng hymself , can not light on Plutarchus , a writer of precise diligence ...
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