Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 61
... whereof we spake , vhich is , want and poverty in the estate ; to which pu pose serveth the opening and well - balancing of trade ; the cherishing of manufactures ; the banishing of idleness ; the repressing of waste and excess by ...
... whereof we spake , vhich is , want and poverty in the estate ; to which pu pose serveth the opening and well - balancing of trade ; the cherishing of manufactures ; the banishing of idleness ; the repressing of waste and excess by ...
Page 125
... whereof England , though far less in territory and population , hath been , nevertheless , an overmatch ; in re- gard , the middle people of England make good soldiers , which the peasants of France do not . And herein the de- vice of ...
... whereof England , though far less in territory and population , hath been , nevertheless , an overmatch ; in re- gard , the middle people of England make good soldiers , which the peasants of France do not . And herein the de- vice of ...
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... whereof force is the more pernicious when it is open , and fraud when it is close and disguised . Add thereto con- tentious suits , which ought to be spewed out , as the sur- feit of courts . A judge ought to prepare his way to a just ...
... whereof force is the more pernicious when it is open , and fraud when it is close and disguised . Add thereto con- tentious suits , which ought to be spewed out , as the sur- feit of courts . A judge ought to prepare his way to a just ...
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