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Page 13
... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
Page 44
... Learning ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the ' Davideis ' affords only four books , though in- tended ...
... Learning ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the ' Davideis ' affords only four books , though in- tended ...
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... learning too , as well as in church - prefer- ments : Honos alit Artes . And though it be true , that grave and pious men do study for learning - sake , and embrace virtue for itself ; yet it is as true , that youth , which is the ...
... learning too , as well as in church - prefer- ments : Honos alit Artes . And though it be true , that grave and pious men do study for learning - sake , and embrace virtue for itself ; yet it is as true , that youth , which is the ...
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