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... Cause of Mel- ancholy . 67. The Power of Love . 92 Lord Herbert of Cherbury , · 93 1581-1648 . 68. From Life of Henry VIII . • 98 • 100 69. Thomas Hobbes , 1588-1679 . 101 Emulation and Envy . Laughter . Weeping . Admiration and ...
... Cause of Mel- ancholy . 67. The Power of Love . 92 Lord Herbert of Cherbury , · 93 1581-1648 . 68. From Life of Henry VIII . • 98 • 100 69. Thomas Hobbes , 1588-1679 . 101 Emulation and Envy . Laughter . Weeping . Admiration and ...
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... Cause of National Ruin . Lady Mary Montagu , 1690- 1762 . 192. From her Letters . CHAPTER XVI . THE GREAT NOVELISTS . Daniel Defoe , 1661-1731 . 193. From " The Great Plague in London . " Henry Fielding , 1707-1754 . 194. From " Tom ...
... Cause of National Ruin . Lady Mary Montagu , 1690- 1762 . 192. From her Letters . CHAPTER XVI . THE GREAT NOVELISTS . Daniel Defoe , 1661-1731 . 193. From " The Great Plague in London . " Henry Fielding , 1707-1754 . 194. From " Tom ...
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... cause they were not written in theode awritene . Swilce hi cwæ- their own language ; as they say don ure yldran , tha the thas stowa our elders , who held these places ær heoldon , hi lufedon wisdome , before them , loved wisdom , and ...
... cause they were not written in theode awritene . Swilce hi cwæ- their own language ; as they say don ure yldran , tha the thas stowa our elders , who held these places ær heoldon , hi lufedon wisdome , before them , loved wisdom , and ...
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... cause of every maladie , Were it of cold , or hote , or moist , or drie , And wher engendred , and of what humour , He was a veray parfite practisour . The cause yknowe , and of his harm the rote , 3 Anon he gave to the sikè man his ...
... cause of every maladie , Were it of cold , or hote , or moist , or drie , And wher engendred , and of what humour , He was a veray parfite practisour . The cause yknowe , and of his harm the rote , 3 Anon he gave to the sikè man his ...
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... cause , men shuld not say therfore ye were a lyer , ne forsworn : for the book sayth , that the wise man maketh no lesing , when he turneth his corage3 for the better . And al be it that your emprise be established and ordeined by gret ...
... cause , men shuld not say therfore ye were a lyer , ne forsworn : for the book sayth , that the wise man maketh no lesing , when he turneth his corage3 for the better . And al be it that your emprise be established and ordeined by gret ...
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