Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 105
... tion in business , and rather direct them in the beginning , than interrupt them in the continuance of their speeches ; for he that is put out of his own order will go forward and backward , and be more tedious while he waits upon his ...
... tion in business , and rather direct them in the beginning , than interrupt them in the continuance of their speeches ; for he that is put out of his own order will go forward and backward , and be more tedious while he waits upon his ...
Page 205
... tion lead a man to favor the less worthy in desert , let him do it without depraving * or disabling the better deserver . In suits which a man doth not well understand , it is good to refer them to some friend of trust and judgment ...
... tion lead a man to favor the less worthy in desert , let him do it without depraving * or disabling the better deserver . In suits which a man doth not well understand , it is good to refer them to some friend of trust and judgment ...
Page 262
... tion of the traveller ; yet both ways suffice to make a mutual knowledge , in some degree , on both parts . But for this island , we never heard tell of any ship of theirs that had been seen to arrive upon any shore of Europe ; no , nor ...
... tion of the traveller ; yet both ways suffice to make a mutual knowledge , in some degree , on both parts . But for this island , we never heard tell of any ship of theirs that had been seen to arrive upon any shore of Europe ; no , nor ...
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