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HE was an illustrious exception to all the common rules of Physiognomy ; for , with a most saturnine harsh sort of countenance , he was both of a merry and merciful disposition ; and in the last thirty years of his life , as fortunate ...
HE was an illustrious exception to all the common rules of Physiognomy ; for , with a most saturnine harsh sort of countenance , he was both of a merry and merciful disposition ; and in the last thirty years of his life , as fortunate ...
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... Wit is incapable of reaching higher than PYTHAGORAS , DEMOCRITUS , PLATO , and ARISTOTLE , or even GASSENDUS and DESCARTES in our days : And therefore ' tis great pity they aim'd at such sort of things as are never to be reached .
... Wit is incapable of reaching higher than PYTHAGORAS , DEMOCRITUS , PLATO , and ARISTOTLE , or even GASSENDUS and DESCARTES in our days : And therefore ' tis great pity they aim'd at such sort of things as are never to be reached .
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SILENT sort of men are esteem'd generally the more judicious and thinking ; but ' tis commonly only dulness and want of thought : For imagination will hardly let the tongue lie still : Tho ' if a quick sort of man can overcome his ...
SILENT sort of men are esteem'd generally the more judicious and thinking ; but ' tis commonly only dulness and want of thought : For imagination will hardly let the tongue lie still : Tho ' if a quick sort of man can overcome his ...
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A SHORT LIFE OF THE DUKE | 11 |
Loves SLAVERY AND OTHER POEMS page | 27 |
ON FRIENDSHIP page | 65 |
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| Titel | Miscellanea from the Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham The Courtier's library |
| Autor/in | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham |
| Verlag | Haworth Press, 1933 |
| Länge | 120 Seiten |
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