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Page 35
... passage runs : ' Omnes inquam tantae sunt venu- statis ut et mihi et aliis prudentioribus omnem ademerint spem talium stu- diorum . Inter caeteras vero , duas animadverti quibus ne ambrosiam quidem aut nectar dulciora putem . Altera est ...
... passage runs : ' Omnes inquam tantae sunt venu- statis ut et mihi et aliis prudentioribus omnem ademerint spem talium stu- diorum . Inter caeteras vero , duas animadverti quibus ne ambrosiam quidem aut nectar dulciora putem . Altera est ...
Page 118
... passage , which , if you have not read , I conjure you to lose no time , but read it : it is his consolations in his blindness , which had been made a reproach to him . ... It gives so rational , so true an enumeration of his comforts ...
... passage , which , if you have not read , I conjure you to lose no time , but read it : it is his consolations in his blindness , which had been made a reproach to him . ... It gives so rational , so true an enumeration of his comforts ...
Page 126
... passage in the middle for Miles to deliver his coffee . About it sat his disciples and the virtuosi . The discourses in this kind were the most ingeniose and smart that ever I heard , or expect to heare , and bandied with great ...
... passage in the middle for Miles to deliver his coffee . About it sat his disciples and the virtuosi . The discourses in this kind were the most ingeniose and smart that ever I heard , or expect to heare , and bandied with great ...
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