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Page vi
... least , if not most of his prose writings , for reasons hereafter to be explained , are scarcely known to exist ; and how can they be persuaded that things which have lain so long in obscurity , are not only worth reviving , but ...
... least , if not most of his prose writings , for reasons hereafter to be explained , are scarcely known to exist ; and how can they be persuaded that things which have lain so long in obscurity , are not only worth reviving , but ...
Page x
... least be , in Christian commonwealths . They teach not that to govern well , is to train up a nation in true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning ...
... least be , in Christian commonwealths . They teach not that to govern well , is to train up a nation in true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning ...
Page xii
... least was safe , Rejected my forewarning , and disdained Not to be trusted , longing to be seen Even by the Devil himself ; him overweening To overreach , but with the serpent meeting Fooled and beguiled , by him thou , I by thee , To ...
... least was safe , Rejected my forewarning , and disdained Not to be trusted , longing to be seen Even by the Devil himself ; him overweening To overreach , but with the serpent meeting Fooled and beguiled , by him thou , I by thee , To ...
Page xiii
... least , he does not declaim . He reasons , and supports his reasoning by so many authorities and examples , fetched from the Scriptures , or from the most unobjectionable authors of ancient and modern times , that he overwhelms and ...
... least , he does not declaim . He reasons , and supports his reasoning by so many authorities and examples , fetched from the Scriptures , or from the most unobjectionable authors of ancient and modern times , that he overwhelms and ...
Page xv
... least practised in these affairs ; and who knows not that the bashful muteness of a virgin may oft- times hide all the unliveliness and natural sloth which is really unfit for conversation ? Nor is there that freedom of access granted ...
... least practised in these affairs ; and who knows not that the bashful muteness of a virgin may oft- times hide all the unliveliness and natural sloth which is really unfit for conversation ? Nor is there that freedom of access granted ...
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