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Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
“A gallant man is above ill words.”
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
Source: English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.”
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
“Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.”
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
Source: The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State
“No man is the wiser for his learning”
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
“Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
“We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.”
Source: Table-talk of John Selden
“Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Wit and wisdom are born with a man.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq., or his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence. Relating especially to religion and state