The Boke Named The Gouernour: Deuised by Sir Thomas Elyot, Knight, Volume 2K. Paul, Trench, 1883 - Education of princes |
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... desire to be princes and gouernours . h • Merivale says : ' The companions of his leisure hours were jurists , gramma- rians , and physicians , rather than philosophers .'-- Hist . of Rome , vol . iv . p . 297 , ed . 1856 . The name of ...
... desire to be princes and gouernours . h • Merivale says : ' The companions of his leisure hours were jurists , gramma- rians , and physicians , rather than philosophers .'-- Hist . of Rome , vol . iv . p . 297 , ed . 1856 . The name of ...
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... jugum tolerabis iniquas Interius leges . Tunc omnia jure tenebis , Cum poteris rex esse tui . Proclivior usus In pejora datur : suadetque licentia luxum , Селимие Corrupte desire thyne harte hath ones embraced , Thou THE GOVERNOUR . 9.
... jugum tolerabis iniquas Interius leges . Tunc omnia jure tenebis , Cum poteris rex esse tui . Proclivior usus In pejora datur : suadetque licentia luxum , Селимие Corrupte desire thyne harte hath ones embraced , Thou THE GOVERNOUR . 9.
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... desire thyne harte hath ones embraced , Thou arte in bondage , thyne honour is defaced . Thou shalte be demed than worthy for to raigne , Whan of thy selfe thou wynnest the maistry . Euil custome bringeth vertue in disdaine , Licence ...
... desire thyne harte hath ones embraced , Thou arte in bondage , thyne honour is defaced . Thou shalte be demed than worthy for to raigne , Whan of thy selfe thou wynnest the maistry . Euil custome bringeth vertue in disdaine , Licence ...
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... desire , for the better and more solemne contestation of the matter , to protest in these words , that as he is a Gentleman it is thus or thus , then to stand upon the tearme of noble . But by entring vertue and benefite , than for ...
... desire , for the better and more solemne contestation of the matter , to protest in these words , that as he is a Gentleman it is thus or thus , then to stand upon the tearme of noble . But by entring vertue and benefite , than for ...
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... desire to magnify the importance of the ex- alted seat which both occupied at different periods , and which was the same that had been undoubtedly filled by Gascoigne . Lord Campbell's ' anxiety to establish the fact which has been ...
... desire to magnify the importance of the ex- alted seat which both occupied at different periods , and which was the same that had been undoubtedly filled by Gascoigne . Lord Campbell's ' anxiety to establish the fact which has been ...
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Page 117 - It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy.
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