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1 Int | as his lordship used to say) only strong for disputatious 2 Int | for 1,800 pounds—equal, say, to 12,000 pounds in present 3 1, Int | that this which I shall say is no amplification at all, 4 1, I | I hear the former sort say that knowledge is of those 5 1, II | shadow of truth. For to say that a blind custom of obedience 6 1, III | prelates.” So a man might say that the felicity and delicacy 7 1, III | men shall dream dreams:” say they, youth is the worthier 8 1, III | their superstition I may say, Quo meliores, eo deteriores; 9 1, III | and moral matters, I may say, as Agesilaus said to his 10 1, IV | the Pharisees were wont to say, Execrabilis ista turba, 11 1, IV | pondera, so a man may truly say of the schoolmen, Quaestionum 12 1, IV | conclude this point, I will say no more, but so let great 13 1, V | believed in that which I shall say pertaining to commendation; 14 1, VI | state of learning; we see (I say) what notable service and 15 1, VII | herself; these things, I say, considered, as I could 16 1, VII | learning it is pertinent to say somewhat.~(11) Alexander 17 1, VII | when Alexander happened to say, “Do you think these men 18 1, VII | let us hear what you can say against us;” which Callisthenes 19 1, VII | answered, “Hope.” Weigh, I say, whether he had not cast 20 1, VII | certain critics are used to say hyperbolically, “That if 21 1, VII | rest Xenophon happened to say, “Why, Falinus, we have 22 1, VII | and it is pretty that you say; but you are much abused 23 1, VIII | And no doubt it is hard to say whether arms or learning 24 2, II | story of England; that is to say, from the uniting of the 25 2, VII | the forms of substances I say (as they are now by compounding 26 2, VII | do consist; to inquire, I say, the true forms of these, 27 2, VII | discoursing causes. For to say that “the hairs of the eyelids 28 2, VIII | Alexander Borgia was wont to say of the expedition of the 29 2, X | Even this, that physicians say to themselves, as Solomon 30 2, X | of it largely, that is to say, for any point of ability 31 2, XIII | their form of induction, I say, is utterly vicious and 32 2, XIII | field. And this form (to say truth), is so gross, as 33 2, XXII | and civil matters; how, I say, to set affection against 34 2, XXII | it pleaseth Machiavel to say, “That if Caesar had been 35 2, XXIII| worldly matters, we see, I say, not a few profound and 36 2, XXIII| every particular action to say to himself, Et hoc volo, 37 2, XXIII| man in everything should say to himself, Et hoc volo, 38 2, XXIII| that he was wont often to say, Sylla potuit, ego non potero? 39 2, XXIII| except to any, they will say, “That that line cost them 40 2, XXIII| laws of England, I could say much of their dignity, and 41 2, XXIII| worldly matters, we see, I say, not a few profound and 42 2, XXIII| every particular action to say to himself, Et hoc volo, 43 2, XXIII| man in everything should say to himself, Et hoc volo, 44 2, XXIII| that he was wont often to say, Sylla potuit, ego non potero? 45 2, XXIII| except to any, they will say, “That that line cost them 46 2, XXIII| laws of England, I could say much of their dignity, and 47 2, XXV | Egyptian fight, he did not say, “Why strive you?” but drew