MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY
OF HISTORY, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, &c.

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nor to find talk and discourse: but to weigh and consider.

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LORD BACON.

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