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" ... memory, active fancy; and the jewel of his mind was put into a fair case, a beautiful body, with a comely countenance; a case which he did wipe and keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn; and being wont to say, "that the outward neatness... "
Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State - Page 11
by Thomas Fuller - 1684 - 974 pages
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State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the ...

David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 614 pages
...countenance : a cafe, which he did wipe and keep clean, delighting in good cloaths, well worn, and being wont to fay, That the outward neatnefs of our bodies, might be a Monitor of purity to our fouls. . In his pleadings, difcourfe and judgements, he declined all circumlocutions, ufually faying,...
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Noctes Atticæ, or Reveries in a garret; containing observations on men and ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...remarked 154 for his delight in neat apparel, and well worn ; and used to say, " that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls."* Dr. Johnson, in his " Lives of the Poets," relates, that Shenstone used " to hold that fashion was...
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The Life of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Coke, Knt., Lord Chief Justice ...

Humphry William Woolrych - Judges - 1826 - 262 pages
...comely person, which he adorned with neat clothing, for he frequently said that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls (7). His countenance was engaging (r»), (t) Dugdale, after his Index to Origines Juridiciales. (k)...
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The life of ... sir Edward Coke, knt

Humphry William Woolrych - 1826 - 266 pages
...comely person, which he adorned with neat clothing, for he frequently said that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls (/). His countenance was engaging (m), (i) Dugdale, after his Index to Origines Juridiciales. (k) Granger,...
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The Life of Sir Edward Coke: Lord Chief Justice of England in the ..., Volume 2

Cuthbert William Johnson - Great Britain - 1837 - 516 pages
...and keep clean ; delighting in good cloathes, well worn, being wont to say, that the outward neatness of our bodies, might be a monitor of purity to our souls." Of the personal friends of Coke I have little account ; they were probably few in number, his habits...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn, and being wont to say ' that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls.' ' The most celebrated of Sir Edward Coke's works is the treatise commonly known by the name of Coke...
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The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of ..., Volume 19

Law - 1838 - 508 pages
...and keep clean ; delighting in good cloathes, well worn, being wont to say, that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls." If this account be true, he has been sadly ill-treated by the portrait-painters, for it would be difficult...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn, and being wont to say ' that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls.' " The most celebrated of Sir Edward Coke's works is the treatise commonly known by the name of Coke...
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The History of the Worthies of England, Volume 2

Thomas Fuller - England - 1840 - 606 pages
...keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn ; and being wont to say, " that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls." In his pleadings, discourse, and judgments, he declined all circumlocutions, usually saying, " The...
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The History of the Worthies of England, Volume 2

Thomas Fuller - England - 1840 - 608 pages
...keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn ; and being wont to say, " that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls." In his pleadings, discourse, and judgments, he declined all circumlocutions, usually saying, " The...
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