The Government of the Tongue by Richard Allestree

Chính phủ của lưỡi của Richard Allestree

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Memher 5'may rightly heefle'emed one of the gronto/l myfieries (f [vifdom and Vertne. This is intimated by St. James If any mant'offend not in word the fame is a perfe& man, and able alfo to bridle the whole body Jag. Z. 'tis floried of Bembo a primitive Chrifiian, that coming. To a friend to teach him a Pfizlm, he he gan to him the thirty ninth Ifa'ld I will look to my Waies that I offend not with'my Tongue; apon hearing of which firfi win 5 he flopt his Tnt0r5faying This-is enough for me, if I learn it an I onght 5 and being af ter fix months rehnh'd for not com ing again, he replied, that he had not yet learnt his firft'leflon nay af ter ninteen years he profefl 5 that in that time he had [carce learnt to fnla.

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