Discoveries, 1641: Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1619John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1641 - 106 Seiten |
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... sometimes ; and no man is so wise , but may easily erre , if hee will take no others counsell , but his owne . But very few men are wise by their owne counsell ; or learned by their owne teaching . For hee that was onely taught by ...
... sometimes ; and no man is so wise , but may easily erre , if hee will take no others counsell , but his owne . But very few men are wise by their owne counsell ; or learned by their owne teaching . For hee that was onely taught by ...
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... sometime to pray : Prosperity never . Afflictio pia Magistra . Deplor- atis facilis Many might goe to heaven with halfe the labour they goe to hell , if they would venture their industry the right way : But the Divell take all ( quoth ...
... sometime to pray : Prosperity never . Afflictio pia Magistra . Deplor- atis facilis Many might goe to heaven with halfe the labour they goe to hell , if they would venture their industry the right way : But the Divell take all ( quoth ...
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... brave notions , and gentle expressions : wherein hee flow'd with that facility , that sometime it was necessary he should be stop'd : Sufflaminandus erat ; р.д. Concret as Augustus said of Haterius . His wit was in 28 DISCOVERIES.
... brave notions , and gentle expressions : wherein hee flow'd with that facility , that sometime it was necessary he should be stop'd : Sufflaminandus erat ; р.д. Concret as Augustus said of Haterius . His wit was in 28 DISCOVERIES.
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... sometimes happen on some thing that is good , and great ; but very seldome : And when it comes , it doth not recompence the rest of their ill . For their jests , and their sentences ( which they onely , and ambi- tiously seeke for ) ...
... sometimes happen on some thing that is good , and great ; but very seldome : And when it comes , it doth not recompence the rest of their ill . For their jests , and their sentences ( which they onely , and ambi- tiously seeke for ) ...
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... sometimes they will rather choose to dye , then not to know the things , they study for . Thinke then what an evill it is : and what good the contrary . Knowledge is the action of the Soule ; and is perfect without the senses , as ...
... sometimes they will rather choose to dye , then not to know the things , they study for . Thinke then what an evill it is : and what good the contrary . Knowledge is the action of the Soule ; and is perfect without the senses , as ...
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