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... matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a man . - Selden . L. Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the ...
... matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a man . - Selden . L. Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the ...
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... these you are as if you were deaf ; yet you are indifferent about the matter . Is it then so great a misfortune to be deaf to one language more ? — Cicero . LVII . The fashion of imperial grandeur is imitated by LACONICS . 11.
... these you are as if you were deaf ; yet you are indifferent about the matter . Is it then so great a misfortune to be deaf to one language more ? — Cicero . LVII . The fashion of imperial grandeur is imitated by LACONICS . 11.
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... matters cannot be , because all that ado may concern his own estate ; therefore it must needs be that he taketh a kind ... matter for envy ; for envy is a gadding passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep at home : " Non est ...
... matters cannot be , because all that ado may concern his own estate ; therefore it must needs be that he taketh a kind ... matter for envy ; for envy is a gadding passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep at home : " Non est ...
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... matter , than the difference between a plain , a rich , and gaudy livery . I do not say , that he who sells his whole time and his own will for one hundred thousand , is not a wiser merchant than he who does it for one hundred pounds ...
... matter , than the difference between a plain , a rich , and gaudy livery . I do not say , that he who sells his whole time and his own will for one hundred thousand , is not a wiser merchant than he who does it for one hundred pounds ...
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... matter is , whether he be a man of such quality that the state allows him to have a dove - house ? If so , there's an end of the business , his pigeons have a right to eat where they please themselves . - Selden . CCCCV . Look out of ...
... matter is , whether he be a man of such quality that the state allows him to have a dove - house ? If so , there's an end of the business , his pigeons have a right to eat where they please themselves . - Selden . CCCCV . Look out of ...
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