Gilbert Burnet Quotes
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...learning chiefly in mathematical sciences can so swallow up and fix one's thought, as to possess it entirely for some time; but when that amusement…
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An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these…
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The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true:…
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One of the strangest catastrophes that is in any history. A great king, with strong armies and mighty fleets, a great treasure and powerful allies,…
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The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.
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That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which makes them go…
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