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" Nay truly, learned men have learnedly thought that where once reason hath so much overmastered passion as that the mind hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each mind hath in itself is as good as a philosopher's book... "
Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks - Page 11
by Sir Philip Sidney - 1807
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself, is as good as a philosopher's book : since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself, is as good as a philosopher's book : since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself, is as good as a philosopher's book : since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

1831 - 368 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...as a philosopher's book : since in nature we know it is well to do well, and what is well and what is evil, although not in the words of art which philosophers...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, man hath in itself is as good as a philosopher's book ; since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, in his own conceit, the only SltaJte-scene in a country.'...punning allusion to Shakspcare is palpable : the •^ л free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself is its gm»l as a philosopher's...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself is as good as a philosopher's book ; since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philosopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath a free desire to do well, the inward light each man hath in itself is as good as a philosopher's book ; since in nature we know it is well to do well,...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 3

1856 - 374 pages
...wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild airy flight, Samson dsronistes. VII. Learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...hath in itself is as good as a philosopher's book ; smce in nature we know that it is well to do well, and what is good, and what is evil, although not...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author ...

Philip Sidney - 1860 - 404 pages
...hardness of the way, and therefore is beholden to the philsopher but for the other half. Nay, truly, learned men have learnedly thought, that where once...as a philosopher's book : since in nature we know it is well to do well, and what is well and what is evil, although not in the words of art which philosophers...
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