Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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... troubles . Virgil , giving the pedigree of Fame , saith she was sister to the giants : Mother earth , inflamed with wrath against the gods , brought her forth , they say , the youngest sister of Coeus and Enceladus.2 As if fames were ...
... troubles . Virgil , giving the pedigree of Fame , saith she was sister to the giants : Mother earth , inflamed with wrath against the gods , brought her forth , they say , the youngest sister of Coeus and Enceladus.2 As if fames were ...
Page 57
... troubles , that the suppressing of them with too much severity should be a remedy of troubles ; for the despising of them many times checks them best , and the going about to stop them doth but make a wonder long - lived . Also that ...
... troubles , that the suppressing of them with too much severity should be a remedy of troubles ; for the despising of them many times checks them best , and the going about to stop them doth but make a wonder long - lived . Also that ...
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... troubles . Lucan noteth well the state of Rome before the civil war : Hence devouring usury , and interest accumulating rapidly ; hence credit shaken , and war profitable to many . This same war profitable to many 10 is an assured and ...
... troubles . Lucan noteth well the state of Rome before the civil war : Hence devouring usury , and interest accumulating rapidly ; hence credit shaken , and war profitable to many . This same war profitable to many 10 is an assured and ...
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