Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath, Volume 8Longman, 1862 |
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... doth benignly value me and assess me at , by reason of my sundry wants , and the disadvan- tage of my nature , being unapt to lay forth the simple store of these inferior gifts which God hath allotted unto me most to view ; yet that it ...
... doth benignly value me and assess me at , by reason of my sundry wants , and the disadvan- tage of my nature , being unapt to lay forth the simple store of these inferior gifts which God hath allotted unto me most to view ; yet that it ...
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... doth bend himself so vehemently against religion . The one is a mere necessity , the other the solicitation of the King of Spain . For if we consider duly the estate of the present time , we shall find that he is not so much carried ...
... doth bend himself so vehemently against religion . The one is a mere necessity , the other the solicitation of the King of Spain . For if we consider duly the estate of the present time , we shall find that he is not so much carried ...
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... doth exercise in a house called Cassino , in Florence , where he spendeth the most part of the day ; giving ear in the mean season to mat- ters of affairs , and conferring with his chief officers . His revenues are es- teemed to amount ...
... doth exercise in a house called Cassino , in Florence , where he spendeth the most part of the day ; giving ear in the mean season to mat- ters of affairs , and conferring with his chief officers . His revenues are es- teemed to amount ...
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... doth favour the people more than the nobility , because they do bear an old grudge to the gentle- men , and the people are the more in number , without whom the nobility can do nothing . One thing in him giveth great contentment to the ...
... doth favour the people more than the nobility , because they do bear an old grudge to the gentle- men , and the people are the more in number , without whom the nobility can do nothing . One thing in him giveth great contentment to the ...
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... doth not appear ; he retain- eth his father's alliances with Venice especially in Italy and with the Em- peror . With Florence he hath question for pre - eminence . Lucca . Genoa . Venice . His revenues are judged 1582. ] 21 [ NOTES ON ...
... doth not appear ; he retain- eth his father's alliances with Venice especially in Italy and with the Em- peror . With Florence he hath question for pre - eminence . Lucca . Genoa . Venice . His revenues are judged 1582. ] 21 [ NOTES ON ...
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