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... Error of judging of past by pre- sent times . Presents made by men of emi- Presents nence . Presents of furniture . customary . No influence on judgment . Particular charges . Fears of the king and Buckingham . Advice of Williams ...
... Error of judging of past by pre- sent times . Presents made by men of emi- Presents nence . Presents of furniture . customary . No influence on judgment . Particular charges . Fears of the king and Buckingham . Advice of Williams ...
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... error , he immediately acknow- ledged that his suspicions were unfounded . He still , however , maintained that there had been treachery somewhere , and that a word the queen had used against him had been put into her mouth by Sir ...
... error , he immediately acknow- ledged that his suspicions were unfounded . He still , however , maintained that there had been treachery somewhere , and that a word the queen had used against him had been put into her mouth by Sir ...
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... error , and unwar- ranted and abusive experience have been so strong , as they were not able to keep a right course ac- cording to the law . Herein , though I could not be ignorant either of the difficulty of the matter , which he that ...
... error , and unwar- ranted and abusive experience have been so strong , as they were not able to keep a right course ac- cording to the law . Herein , though I could not be ignorant either of the difficulty of the matter , which he that ...
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... error of it : the manner of these physicians , and especially these empirics , is to continue one kind of medicine , which at the first is proper , being to draw out the ill humour ; but after , they have not the dis- cretion to change ...
... error of it : the manner of these physicians , and especially these empirics , is to continue one kind of medicine , which at the first is proper , being to draw out the ill humour ; but after , they have not the dis- cretion to change ...
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... error ; excusing him to his royal mis- tress when the warning had proved fruitless ; hoping all things , enduring all things ; but the time seemed fast approaching , when , urged by his own wild passions , and the ruffian crew that ...
... error ; excusing him to his royal mis- tress when the warning had proved fruitless ; hoping all things , enduring all things ; but the time seemed fast approaching , when , urged by his own wild passions , and the ruffian crew that ...
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Página 11 - But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Página 25 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beast by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature ; for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or " melior natura ;" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence...
Página xxviii - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; 'and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...
Página 140 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Página 171 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página 174 - ... and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and...
Página 12 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 11 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients.
Página lxvi - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.
Página 55 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring: for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...