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A29659
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The remains of Sir Fulk Grevill Lord Brooke being poems of monarchy and religion : never before printed.
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Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.
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1670
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Wing B4900; ESTC R350
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thought_n impatient_a which_o work_v new_a fangledness_n in_o people_n mind_n and_o have_v their_o proper_a lord_n in_o discontent_n by_o such_o dislike_n of_o every_o air_n they_o find_v while_o they_o will_v run_v from_o shadow_n that_o offend_v like_o roll_a stone_n change_v place_n but_o never_o mend_v 584._o for_o if_o man_n will_v according_a to_o the_o name_n conceive_v the_o aristocratical_a estate_n of_o government_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a frame_n and_o number_v able_a to_o give_v proper_a rate_n to_o lavish_a humour_n than_o a_o monarch_n can_v what_o be_v this_o but_o new_a fangledness_n in_o man_n 585._o and_o let_v not_o man_n examine_v this_o by_o book_n as_o state_n stand_v paint_v or_o enamel_v there_o but_o rather_o upon_o life_n then_o picture_n look_v where_o practice_n see_v what_o every_o state_n can_v bear_v and_o where_o the_o people_n good_a the_o wealth_n of_o realm_n show_v clear_o what_o form_n spread_v forth_o sweet_a beam_n 586._o which_o view_n will_v 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oracle_n mere_a abstract_n and_o ambiguous_a fit_a for_o discourse_n or_o book_n not_o policy_n all_o practice_n dull_a delay_v or_o litigious_a man_n justice_n seldom_o clear_a and_o never_o wise_a as_o see_v right_a or_o wrong_n with_o chance_n eye_n 596._o what_o symptom_n be_v beside_o so_o dangerous_a to_o mortal_a order_n apt_a to_o be_v disease_v as_o faction_n on_o who_o crisis_n ominous_a those_o state_n depend_v where_o many_o must_v be_v please_v and_o where_o unequal_n be_v by_o government_n with_o equal_a measure_n force_v to_o be_v content_a 597._o for_o as_o to_o make_v all_o ruler_n of_o estate_n alike_o wise_a honest_a rich_a and_o honourable_a a_o work_n be_v hardly_o possible_a to_o fate_n so_o without_o disproportion_n who_o be_v able_a true_a worth_n and_o inequality_n ambition_n to_o please_v with_o equal_a balance_v condition_n 598._o out_o of_o which_o swallow_v discontentment_n grow_v that_o monster_n which_o then_o most_o the_o public_a spoil_n when_o to_o 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