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... things by their Effects , and not by their caufes ; for I would rather think the cause of this Evil , which hang- eth upon that Countrey , to proceed rather of the Unfoundness of the Counfels and Plots which you fay have been oftentimes ...
... things by their Effects , and not by their caufes ; for I would rather think the cause of this Evil , which hang- eth upon that Countrey , to proceed rather of the Unfoundness of the Counfels and Plots which you fay have been oftentimes ...
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... things , during your late continuance there , you obferved to be moft offenfive , and greatest Impeachment to the good Rule and Go- vernment thereof . Iren . Surely Eudox , the Evils which you de- fire to be recounted are very many ...
... things , during your late continuance there , you obferved to be moft offenfive , and greatest Impeachment to the good Rule and Go- vernment thereof . Iren . Surely Eudox , the Evils which you de- fire to be recounted are very many ...
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... things which are ordained for the good and fafety of all , turn to the evil and hurt of them ? This well I wote both ... thing ; every Man's Hand would be against another . Therefore Therefore in finding fault with the Laws , I doubt A ...
... things which are ordained for the good and fafety of all , turn to the evil and hurt of them ? This well I wote both ... thing ; every Man's Hand would be against another . Therefore Therefore in finding fault with the Laws , I doubt A ...
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... things repugning quite both to God's Law , and Man's : As for Example , in the cafe of Murder , the Brehon , that is their Judge , will compound between the Murderer , and the Friends of the Party mur- dered , which profecute the Action ...
... things repugning quite both to God's Law , and Man's : As for Example , in the cafe of Murder , the Brehon , that is their Judge , will compound between the Murderer , and the Friends of the Party mur- dered , which profecute the Action ...
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... thing that he for- merly had ; for having all before absolutely in his own Power , it remaineth fo ftill unto him , he having thereby neither forgiven , nor forgone any thing thereby unto them , but having receiv- ed fomething from them ...
... thing that he for- merly had ; for having all before absolutely in his own Power , it remaineth fo ftill unto him , he having thereby neither forgiven , nor forgone any thing thereby unto them , but having receiv- ed fomething from them ...
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Page 158 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 115 - ... to their lovers; that his music was not the harp nor lays of love, but the cries of people and clashing of armour; and finally, that he died not bewailed of many, but made many wail when he died, that dearly bought his death.
Page 80 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Page 241 - Gospel; for they spare not to come out of Spain, from Rome, and from Rheims, by long toil and dangerous travelling hither, where they know peril of death awaiteth them, and no reward or riches is to be found, only to draw the people unto the Church of Rome...
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Page 7 - It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another, in which oftentimes there appeareth great shew of equity, in determining the right between party and party, but in many things repugning quite both to God's law and man's...
Page viii - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
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