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Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings; Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British. E-book. Formato PDF Thomas Fuller - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
278 A man is a man, though he have'never a cap to his crown 279 A man is a stark fool all the while he's angry A man is not good or bad, for one action 281 A man is not so soon healed as hurt 282 A man in distress or despair does as much as ten A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little in'n A man like a watch, is to be valued for his goings A man loseth his time, that comes early to a bad bargain 287 A man may as well expect to be well, and at ease without wealth, as happy without virtue.
The History of the Worthies of England. E-book. Formato PDF Thomas Fuller - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
Oxfordshire hath Berkshire (divided first by the Isis, then by the Thames) on the south; Gloucestershire on the west; Buckinghamshire on the east; Warwick and Northampton-shires on the north. It aboundeth with all things necessary for man's life; and I understand that hunters and falconers are no where better pleased. Nor needeth there more pregnant proof of plenty in this place than that lately Oxford was for some years together a courts a garrison and an university; during which time it was well furnished with provisions on reasonable rates.Natural Commodities.Fallow Deer.And why of these in Oxfordshire? why not rather in Northamptonshire where there be the most or in Yorkshire, where there be the greatest, parks in England? It is because John Rous of Warwick telleth me, that at Woodstock in this county was the most ancient park in the whole land, encompassed with a stone wall by king Henry the first.Let us premise a line or two concerning Parks; the case, before we come to what is contained therein.1. The word parcus appears in Varro (derived, no doubt, a parcendo, to spare or save) for a place wherein such cattle are preserved.2. There is mention once or twice in Domesday-book of parous silvestris bestiarum, which proveth parks in England before the Conquest.3. Probably such ancient parks (to keep J. Rous in credit and countenance) were only paled, and Woodstock the first that was walled about.
A Comment on Ruth: And Notes Upon Jonah. E-book. Formato PDF Thomas Fuller - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
But it is not so much for its wit and humour, or its apt illustrations from every day life, that we commend this volume to the reader: it is chie?y valuable for its even tenor of genuine devotion and of common-sense exposition of Scripture. It will, we feel sure, be hailed by every lover of Fuller, as a fit addition to the series of reprints which are now bringing his scarce and valuable works within the reach of all, and so refurbishing the lustre of his great name. As in former volumes of this series, I have modernized the spelling, and added a few short notes where explanation seemed needful.