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"Seventeenth Century"
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Work title:
"Occasional Reflections Upon Several Subjects"
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Date: 1665
"Which last Expression suits very well with the present case, since, when a pious Soul is once got upon the wing of Contemplation, she must descend and stoop to exchange her converse with Heavenly objects, for one with Earthly vanities, and much more must she debase and degrade her self, if the t...
preview | full record— Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)