Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland

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William Petty. Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland

Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland

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BY

Letters to and from. DRPETTY :

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SirHierome Sankey'sSpeech

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PARLIAMENT

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SIR,

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Sir,

A Letter ofM. H. to a Noble Person

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William Petty

Published by Good Press, 2020

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So you also may be by the too much scrupulous impartiality, and not sufficient respect of persons you have used; or perhaps the brightness of your too much vertue and merit (for there is a certain too-muchness, which made the Prudent Monk say, Praesto Officium taliter qualiter) may have dazled your Spectators blinde, so as to see none of it: Your clearness from Crimes, may make the guilty Vulgus hate you for a Monster, because much unlike themselves; For when the Rabble see or hear of any wonderfull piece of Art, or other Excellency, they say it was by the help of the Divel. And Christ ​himself was to be killed, because hee did the works that no man did; I say I will have a Charity for you as long as I can. Nevertheless, if some have turned all gray-haired in a night, and, (if as wee have seen) sudden, often, and great Changes have been made in a State, why not in you? And if Angels fell from Heaven, why may not you warp from that most desirable frame and temper wherein you were once known by?

Your very affectionate

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