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A56983 Enchiridion miscellaneum spare houres improv'd in meditations divine, contemplative, practical, moral, ethical, oeconomical, political : from the pietie and learning of Fr. Quarles & Ar. Warwick, Gents. : by it they being dead, yet speak (Heb. XI. 4). Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Warwick, Arthur, 1604?-1633. Spare minutes, or, Resolved meditations and premeditated resolutions. 1677 (1677) Wing Q94; ESTC R6261 74,920 244

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a_o distract_a judgement_n the_o muse_n starve_v in_o a_o cook_n shop_n and_o a_o lawyer_n study_n chap._n lxxx_o when_o thou_o communicate_a thyself_o by_o letter_n heighten_v or_o depress_v thy_o stile_n according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o party_n and_o business_n that_o which_o thy_o tongue_n will_v present_v to_o any_o if_o present_a let_v thy_o pen_n represent_v to_o he_o absent_n the_o tongue_n be_v the_o mind_n interpreter_n and_o the_o pen_n be_v the_o tongue_n secretary_n chap._n lxxxi_o keep_v thy_o soul_n in_o exercise_n lest_o her_o faculty_n rust_v for_o want_n of_o motion_n to_o eat_v sleep_n or_o sport_n too_o long_o stop_v the_o natural_a course_n of_o her_o natural_a action_n to_o dwell_v too_o long_o in_o the_o employment_n of_o the_o body_n be_v both_o the_o cause_n and_o sign_n of_o a_o dull_a spirit_n chap._n lxxxii_o be_v very_o circumspect_a to_o who_o tuition_n thou_o committ'_v thy_o child_n every_o good_a scholar_n be_v not_o a_o good_a master_n he_o 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