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... bicause she was more woorth then all the rest , and I was much more bounde unto her then unto all the rest . Therfore for leesinge time to bestowe that of dutye I ought upon the memorye of so excellent a Ladye , and of the rest that are ...
... bicause she was more woorth then all the rest , and I was much more bounde unto her then unto all the rest . Therfore for leesinge time to bestowe that of dutye I ought upon the memorye of so excellent a Ladye , and of the rest that are ...
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... bicause men somtime take such delite in finding fault , that they find fault also in that deserveth not reproof , unto some that blame me Boccaccio . bicause I have not folowed Boccaccio , nor bound my self to the maner of the Tuscane ...
... bicause men somtime take such delite in finding fault , that they find fault also in that deserveth not reproof , unto some that blame me Boccaccio . bicause I have not folowed Boccaccio , nor bound my self to the maner of the Tuscane ...
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... bicause the force or rule of speach doeth consist more in use , then in anye thinge els : and it is alwayes a vice to use woordes that are not in commune speach . Therfore it was not meete I should have used many that are in Boccaccio ...
... bicause the force or rule of speach doeth consist more in use , then in anye thinge els : and it is alwayes a vice to use woordes that are not in commune speach . Therfore it was not meete I should have used many that are in Boccaccio ...
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... bicause ( in mine opinion ) the kinde EPISTLE of speach of the other noble Cities of Italy , where there resorte men of wisdome , understandinge and eloquence , which practise great matters of govern- ment of states , of letters , armes ...
... bicause ( in mine opinion ) the kinde EPISTLE of speach of the other noble Cities of Italy , where there resorte men of wisdome , understandinge and eloquence , which practise great matters of govern- ment of states , of letters , armes ...
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... Bicause I wil not do as Theophrastus did , which for speak- ing tomuch the meere Athenian tunge , was of a simple olde woman knowen not to be of Athens . But bycause in thys point there is sufficyent talke in the first booke , I will ...
... Bicause I wil not do as Theophrastus did , which for speak- ing tomuch the meere Athenian tunge , was of a simple olde woman knowen not to be of Athens . But bycause in thys point there is sufficyent talke in the first booke , I will ...
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Page xlviii - This form of feeding I understand is generally used in all places of Italy, their forks being for the most part made of iron or steel, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean.
Page xii - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page lxxvi - The meanes, therefore, which unto us is lent Him to behold, is on his workes to looke, Which he hath made in beauty excellent, And in the same, as in a brasen booke, To reade enregistred in every nooke His goodnesse, which his beautie doth declare ; For all thats good is beautifull and faire.
Page xii - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page lxxxvi - Buy good books, and read them ; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads ; for they may profit of the former.
Page lxxii - What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since every one hath, every one, one shade, And you, but one, can every shadow lend. Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit Is poorly imitated after you ; On Helen's cheek all art of beauty set, And you in Grecian tires are painted new: Speak of the spring and...
Page lxxvii - Vouchsafe then, O Thou most Almightie Spright ! From whom all guifts of wit and knowledge flow, To shed into my breast some sparkling light Of Thine eternall Truth, that I may show Some little beames to mortall eyes below...
Page xlii - I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, wherin if we take not heed by tijm, ever borowing and never payeng, she shall be fain to keep her house as bankrupt.
Page lxxxi - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win. And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight? He kneeled, but unto her devoutly prayed. Chaste Hero to herself thus softly said, "Were...
Page xvii - To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, and remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation...