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... whole work ; and , in order to gain space for a more extended view , to omit whatever was of inferior interest . It was found , too , that many passages , either not of the highest merit , of needless length , or unsuitable to be read ...
... whole work ; and , in order to gain space for a more extended view , to omit whatever was of inferior interest . It was found , too , that many passages , either not of the highest merit , of needless length , or unsuitable to be read ...
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... whole twelue moneth she coulde not gette but one daye for the hearynge of hyr matter , and the same daye when the matter shoulde be hearde , the greate manne broughte on hys syde a greate syghte of Lawyers for hys counsayle , the ...
... whole twelue moneth she coulde not gette but one daye for the hearynge of hyr matter , and the same daye when the matter shoulde be hearde , the greate manne broughte on hys syde a greate syghte of Lawyers for hys counsayle , the ...
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... whole misliking unto me : And thus my booke , hath bene so moch my pleasure , and bringeth dayly to me more pleas- ure and more , that in respect of it , all other pleasures , in very deede , be but trifles and troubles unto me . I ...
... whole misliking unto me : And thus my booke , hath bene so moch my pleasure , and bringeth dayly to me more pleas- ure and more , that in respect of it , all other pleasures , in very deede , be but trifles and troubles unto me . I ...
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... whole parts in it poetical , and that even our Saviour Christ vouchsafed to use the flowers of it ; · Since all its kinds are not only in their united forms , but in their severed dissec- tions fully commendable : - I think — ( and I ...
... whole parts in it poetical , and that even our Saviour Christ vouchsafed to use the flowers of it ; · Since all its kinds are not only in their united forms , but in their severed dissec- tions fully commendable : - I think — ( and I ...
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... whole world ? Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world . All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care , and the greatest as ...
... whole world ? Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world . All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care , and the greatest as ...
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