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... speaking of his Church History , accuses him of being fonder of a good joke than of correct- ness , and says that he is not over - scrupulous in his inquiry into the foundation of any laughable story which Providence sends his way ...
... speaking of his Church History , accuses him of being fonder of a good joke than of correct- ness , and says that he is not over - scrupulous in his inquiry into the foundation of any laughable story which Providence sends his way ...
Pagina 29
... and how it braves the nature and value of things by this , that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love . Neither is it merely in the phrase ; for whereas it hath been well said , that the FRANCIS BACON 29.
... and how it braves the nature and value of things by this , that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love . Neither is it merely in the phrase ; for whereas it hath been well said , that the FRANCIS BACON 29.
Pagina 35
... speak truely ) , I am not so much afraid of death , as ashamed thereof . " Tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures , that in a moment can so disfigure us , that our nearest friends , Wife , and Children , stand afraid and ...
... speak truely ) , I am not so much afraid of death , as ashamed thereof . " Tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures , that in a moment can so disfigure us , that our nearest friends , Wife , and Children , stand afraid and ...
Pagina 43
... deur , Seneca the elder describes to this effect : Senecio was a man of a turbid and confused wit , who could not endure to 1 1 Horace , Sat. I. , iv : 17 , speak any but mighty words and sentences , till this ABRAHAM COWLEY 43.
... deur , Seneca the elder describes to this effect : Senecio was a man of a turbid and confused wit , who could not endure to 1 1 Horace , Sat. I. , iv : 17 , speak any but mighty words and sentences , till this ABRAHAM COWLEY 43.
Pagina 44
... speak it without raillery , his extravagancy came at last into such a madness , that he would not put on a pair of shoes , each of which was not big enough for both his feet : he would eat nothing but what was great , nor touch any ...
... speak it without raillery , his extravagancy came at last into such a madness , that he would not put on a pair of shoes , each of which was not big enough for both his feet : he would eat nothing but what was great , nor touch any ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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