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... observation of the heavens or from the description of the earth ; from the notation of times , or from the remotest experiments of navigation ; finally , whatsoever things they are in which this present age doth differ from the rude ...
... observation of the heavens or from the description of the earth ; from the notation of times , or from the remotest experiments of navigation ; finally , whatsoever things they are in which this present age doth differ from the rude ...
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... observe the absurdity of dreams , but never dream of the absurdites of my waking thoughts ; I am well satisfied , that , being awake , I know I dream not , though when I dream I think myself awake . And seeing dreams are caused by the ...
... observe the absurdity of dreams , but never dream of the absurdites of my waking thoughts ; I am well satisfied , that , being awake , I know I dream not , though when I dream I think myself awake . And seeing dreams are caused by the ...
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... observing all circumstances , be very fallacious . But this is certain ; by how much one man has more experience of things ... observe more , and pursue that which is for their good , more prudently , than a child can do at ten . 66 As ...
... observing all circumstances , be very fallacious . But this is certain ; by how much one man has more experience of things ... observe more , and pursue that which is for their good , more prudently , than a child can do at ten . 66 As ...
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... observation of the divers motions of the tongue , palate , lips , and other organs of speech ; whereby to make as many differences of characters , to remember them . But the most noble and profitable invention of all other , was that of ...
... observation of the divers motions of the tongue , palate , lips , and other organs of speech ; whereby to make as many differences of characters , to remember them . But the most noble and profitable invention of all other , was that of ...
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... observe every stroke of the clock , and nod to it , or say " one , ' " " one , " " one , " but can never know what hour it strikes . And it seems , there was a time when those names of number were not in use ; and men were fain to apply ...
... observe every stroke of the clock , and nod to it , or say " one , ' " " one , " " one , " but can never know what hour it strikes . And it seems , there was a time when those names of number were not in use ; and men were fain to apply ...
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Page 312 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 284 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 197 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now already is it in the world.
Page 229 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 84 - This done, the multitude so united in one person is called a "commonwealth," in Latin civitas. This is the generation of that great "leviathan," or, rather, to speak more reverently, of that "mortal god," to which we owe, under the "immortal God,
Page 63 - NATURE hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may not pretend as well as he.
Page 64 - ... navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Page 307 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 311 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 283 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.