Maxioms by John Selden
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure,
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's read more
'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure,
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure
would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short
Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the
Chancellor's Conscience.
More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well
as Ballads and Libels.
More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well
as Ballads and Libels.
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
