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... thought to be lytle lesse then an hundereth yeares olde . When maister Moore saw thys aged man , he thought it expedient to heare hym say hys mynd in thys matter ( for being so olde a man it was lykely that he knewe most of any man in ...
... thought to be lytle lesse then an hundereth yeares olde . When maister Moore saw thys aged man , he thought it expedient to heare hym say hys mynd in thys matter ( for being so olde a man it was lykely that he knewe most of any man in ...
Page 802
... thought ; and it proves no more . The preceding considerations are equally conclusive against both the methods of metaphysical theology described in my last Lecture ; that which commences with the divine to reason down to the human ...
... thought ; and it proves no more . The preceding considerations are equally conclusive against both the methods of metaphysical theology described in my last Lecture ; that which commences with the divine to reason down to the human ...
Page 912
... thought that if myself , when most truly myself , were pure intelligence , I at least am not likely to survive the ... thought may contradict itself , but it serves to give voice to an obstinate instinct . Unless thought stands for ...
... thought that if myself , when most truly myself , were pure intelligence , I at least am not likely to survive the ... thought may contradict itself , but it serves to give voice to an obstinate instinct . Unless thought stands for ...
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Aesop agen beautiful better boat called Captain Church Crito Ctesippus dear death delight earth enemy England English eyes face fair Falstaff father feel flowers FRANCIS VERE Froissart's Chronicles garden gentleman give ground Guenever hand hath haue head hear heard heart heaven honour Jocelin John King knew knyght kyng labour Lady learned light live look Lord Lothair Makbeth master Messrs mind moche morning nature never night noble passed Pembroke College person Plato pleasure praye Prince Redgauntlet Robert of Scotland sayd sche seemed ship side sight silence sonne soul spirit stood sweet talk tell Temse thanne thee therfore things thou thought tion told took town trees turned uncle Toby unto vnto voice walked whan whole wind woman word wyll young