 | Robert Burton - 1800 - 616 pages
...as a Spie, to tell the devils what mortal men did." Your greatest Students are commonly no better, silly, soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd,...contracts they are circumvented by every base Tradesman. Are not these men fools ? and how should they be otherwise, " but as so many Sets in Schools, when... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1804 - 622 pages
...as a spie, to tell the devils what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better — silly, soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd,...wisdom ; and yet, in bargains and contracts, they arc circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools ? and how should they be otherwise,... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1806 - 626 pages
...divels what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better — silly, soft fellowes in their outward behaviour, absurd, ridiculous to...measure the heavens, range over the world, teach others wisdome; and yet, in birgains and contracts, they are circumvented by every base tndesman. Are not... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 614 pages
...as a spie, to tell the devils what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better— silly, soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd,...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools ? and how should they be otherwise, but as so many sots in schools, vahen (as... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1821 - 612 pages
...03 a spie, to tell the devils "what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better— silly, soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd,...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools? and how should they be otherwise, but as so many sots in schools, when (as... | |
 | Edward Nares - Heraldry - 1823 - 386 pages
...it tells as much for them as against them. " Your greatest students are commonly no better—silly soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd, ridiculous...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men/bob ?" He adds however for their comfort what Pliny said of Isseus. " He is yet a... | |
 | Edward Nares - Precedence - 1824 - 424 pages
...tells as muchybr VOL.1I. K them as against them. " Your greatest students are commonly no better — silly soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd,...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools?" He adds however for their comfort what Pliny said of Isa3us. " He is yet... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1827 - 616 pages
...devils what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better — silly, soft fellows m their outward behaviour, absurd, ridiculous to others,...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools? and how should they be otherwise, but as so many sots in schools, when (as... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1837 - 644 pages
...devils what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better— silly, soft fellows in the^ outward behaviour, absurd, ridiculous to others, and...contracts, they are circumvented by every base tradesman. Are not these men fools ? and how should they be otherwise, but as so many sots in schools, when (as... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 pages
...as a spie, to tell the devils what mortal men did. Your greatest students are commonly no better — &c. which much help and ease the spleen. To these...fetherfew, scordtum, stoechas, rosemary, ros solis, Are not these men fools ? and how should they be other-., wise, but as so many sots in schools, when... | |
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Your greatest students are commonly no better, silly, soft fellows in their outward behaviour, absurd, ridiculous to others, and no whit experienced in worldly business; they can measure the heavens, range over the world, teach others wisdom, and yet... 
