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A31106 The learned man defended and reform'd a discourse of singular politeness and elocution, seasonably asserting the right of the muses, in opposition to the many enemies which in this age Learning meets with, and more especially those two, Ignorance and Vice : in two parts / written in Italian by the happy pen of P. Daniel Bartolus, S.J. ; Englished by Thomas Salusbury ; with two tables, one general, the other alphabetical.; Dell'huomo di lettere difeso et emendato. English Bartoli, Daniello, 1608-1685.; Salusbury, Thomas. 1660 (1660) Wing B988; ESTC R9064 173,867 431

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use_n of_o it_o 128._o hard_o to_o make_v new_a discovery_n in_o it_o 151._o not_o to_o be_v obteive_v by_o every_o genius_n 275._o honour_a by_o our_o saviour_n 80._o his_o apostle_n 81._o and_o by_o god_n himself_o 84_o 87._o hate_a by_o licinius_n 93_o and_o lewis_n xi_o ibid._n leucippus_n the_o inventor_n of_o atom_n &_o chance_n 201_o leocras_n a_o excellent_a imager_n 169_o life_n too_o short_a for_o great_a undertake_n 261_o love_n of_o life_n ●nventeresse_n of_o many_o thing_n 333_o love_n of_o our_o book_n make_v we_o partial_a judge_n of_o they_o 248_o love_n of_o posterity_n shall_v move_v we_o to_o publish_v our_o study_n 325_o m_n man_n be_v place_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o world_n to_o contemplate_v it_o 163_o martial_a the_o poet_n 141_o 202_o metellus_n the_o happy_a man_n of_o his_o time_n 337_o method_n the_o principal_a part_n of_o a_o book_n 356_o methrodorus_n first_o affirmer_n of_o multiplicity_n of_o world_n 159_o mercury_n god_n of_o scholar_n be_v also_o