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... WISE 158 162 167 168 171 Illustrations 173 175 Illustrations 177 179 Illustrations 182 XXVII . OF FRIENDSHIP 183 Illustrations 192 XXVIII . OF EXPENCE . 199 Illustrations 201 XXIX . OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES 202 ...
... WISE 158 162 167 168 171 Illustrations 173 175 Illustrations 177 179 Illustrations 182 XXVII . OF FRIENDSHIP 183 Illustrations 192 XXVIII . OF EXPENCE . 199 Illustrations 201 XXIX . OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES 202 ...
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... Wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of Young Men and Age . 24. Of Beauty . 25. Of Deformity . 26. Of Nature in Men . 27. Of Custom and Education . 28. Of Fortune . 29. Of Studies . spects . EDITIONS OF THE ESSAYS . xiii ESSAY.
... Wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of Young Men and Age . 24. Of Beauty . 25. Of Deformity . 26. Of Nature in Men . 27. Of Custom and Education . 28. Of Fortune . 29. Of Studies . spects . EDITIONS OF THE ESSAYS . xiii ESSAY.
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... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and per- suaded pressure of consciences were commonly interessed therein themselves for their own ends . ' This seems to con- demn every form of persecution , mild ...
... wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and per- suaded pressure of consciences were commonly interessed therein themselves for their own ends . ' This seems to con- demn every form of persecution , mild ...
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... Wise , he pours contempt on devices which he himself habitually practised . So , too , he can see and approve the singular charm of the ' sapientum templa serena , ' from which the wise man looks down on the vain and misdirected efforts ...
... Wise , he pours contempt on devices which he himself habitually practised . So , too , he can see and approve the singular charm of the ' sapientum templa serena , ' from which the wise man looks down on the vain and misdirected efforts ...
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... wise writers for beginning the vanity of it : for it was he , that when he had himself given the lie and defy to the Emperor , to make it current in the world , said in a solemn assembly , That he was no honest man that would bear the ...
... wise writers for beginning the vanity of it : for it was he , that when he had himself given the lie and defy to the Emperor , to make it current in the world , said in a solemn assembly , That he was no honest man that would bear the ...
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