Prose of the English RenaissanceJohn William Hebel Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952 - 882 pages |
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Page 139
... better order , quietness , and obedience than it was in the time of his authority and rule , nor justice better ministered with indifferency ; as I could evidently prove if I should not be accused of too much affection , or else that I ...
... better order , quietness , and obedience than it was in the time of his authority and rule , nor justice better ministered with indifferency ; as I could evidently prove if I should not be accused of too much affection , or else that I ...
Page 289
... better spend his time in them than in this . Secondly , that it is the mother of lies . Thirdly , that it is the nurse of abuse , infecting us with many pestilent desires , with a siren's sweetness drawing the mind to the serpent's tail ...
... better spend his time in them than in this . Secondly , that it is the mother of lies . Thirdly , that it is the nurse of abuse , infecting us with many pestilent desires , with a siren's sweetness drawing the mind to the serpent's tail ...
Page 479
... better polished . Almost all the arts 30 have been invented by use and experience ; and afterwards gathered and made by observation and reason : and then consequently reduced into better form , and more certain , by divisions ...
... better polished . Almost all the arts 30 have been invented by use and experience ; and afterwards gathered and made by observation and reason : and then consequently reduced into better form , and more certain , by divisions ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MORE | 1 |
JOHN BOURCHIER LORD BERNErs | 24 |
SIMON FISH | 33 |
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