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... lives are not already familiar , they cannot be satisfactorily conveyed in short notices ; and still less , if their works are not known , can such notices give an adequate , or even an useful , criticism of their style and matter . In ...
... lives are not already familiar , they cannot be satisfactorily conveyed in short notices ; and still less , if their works are not known , can such notices give an adequate , or even an useful , criticism of their style and matter . In ...
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... live most at ease , and ail nothing , yet are they not therewith content . They grudge , they mutter and murmur , they conspire and take on against us . It fretteth them , that we live by them , or with them , and cannot abide , that we ...
... live most at ease , and ail nothing , yet are they not therewith content . They grudge , they mutter and murmur , they conspire and take on against us . It fretteth them , that we live by them , or with them , and cannot abide , that we ...
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... live to distrust my faithful and loving people . Let tyrants fear ; I have always so behaved myself , that , under God , I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects , and therefore I ...
... live to distrust my faithful and loving people . Let tyrants fear ; I have always so behaved myself , that , under God , I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects , and therefore I ...
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... live , and of all most unworthy of the mercies I have received at God's hands , but to God only and wholly all is given and ascribed . The cares and troubles of a crown I cannot more fitly resemble than to the drugs of a learned ...
... live , and of all most unworthy of the mercies I have received at God's hands , but to God only and wholly all is given and ascribed . The cares and troubles of a crown I cannot more fitly resemble than to the drugs of a learned ...
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... Live not beyond thy means . Give chearfully . Pay thy dues willingly . Be not a slave to thy mony . Omit not ... Live merrily as thou canst . Take heed by other mens examples . Go as thou wouldst be met : sit as thou wouldst be found ...
... Live not beyond thy means . Give chearfully . Pay thy dues willingly . Be not a slave to thy mony . Omit not ... Live merrily as thou canst . Take heed by other mens examples . Go as thou wouldst be met : sit as thou wouldst be found ...
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Æsop affected Alciphron alwayes ancient Aristotle army Arthur Edward Waite authority battle of Trafalgar better body Cæsar called Christian church civil Common-wealth Crito danger dayes death divine doth Edited empire enemy England English Ernest Rhys Euphranor evil eyes fair father favour fear give Greatnesse grete hand hath haue honour Hughe Latimer Joseph Skipsey King kingdom labour land language Launcelot laws less liberty live lord manner Marozia matter means mind Momus Monarchy nation nature neuer never observed occasion opinion Parliament peace person pleasure poet poetry present Prince reason religion republic of Venice Roman Rome Ryvere sayd sense sort soul Soveraign speak spirit thee Thenne thereof things thou thought tion true Trulliber truth unto vpon WALTER SCOTT Warre whole William Sharp wise words