Prose of the English RenaissanceJohn William Hebel Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952 - 882 pages |
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Page 132
... doth the earth consume them , when they think themselves full masters of it . SCHOLAR : By these men's travail ( I think ) it came to pass that the Earth doth usurp the name of the World , as though it were all , and that besides it ...
... doth the earth consume them , when they think themselves full masters of it . SCHOLAR : By these men's travail ( I think ) it came to pass that the Earth doth usurp the name of the World , as though it were all , and that besides it ...
Page 489
... doth work . Proceeding from hence to 30 the law , first of Nature , then of Scripture , we shall have the easier access unto those things which come after to be debated , concerning the particu- lar cause and question which we have in ...
... doth work . Proceeding from hence to 30 the law , first of Nature , then of Scripture , we shall have the easier access unto those things which come after to be debated , concerning the particu- lar cause and question which we have in ...
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... doth work , it preferreth rest in ignorance before wearisome labour to know . For a spur of diligence , therefore , we have a natural thirst after knowledge ingrafted in us . But by reason of that original weakness in the instruments ...
... doth work , it preferreth rest in ignorance before wearisome labour to know . For a spur of diligence , therefore , we have a natural thirst after knowledge ingrafted in us . But by reason of that original weakness in the instruments ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE | 1 |
JOHN BOURCHIER LORD BERNERS | 24 |
The Chronicles of Froissart vol 1 chap | 146 |
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