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Page 69
... perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the ...
... perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the ...
Page 90
... perhaps uncon- sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps uncon- sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Page 408
... perhaps by others ; but hitherto nothing had been conveyed to the people , in this commodious manner , but controversy relating to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has ...
... perhaps by others ; but hitherto nothing had been conveyed to the people , in this commodious manner , but controversy relating to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has ...
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