The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The New AtlantisMethuen & Company, 1905 - 176 pages |
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Page 1 - One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake.
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