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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 11, cont. (p.27) |
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or purpose, the same offices. But as the lower spheres, subject to the violence of that, and yet naturally encouraged to a re- luctation against it, have therefore many distractions, and eccentricities, and some trepidations, and so return but lamely, and lately to the same place, and office: so that friendship which is not moved primarily by the proper intelligence, discretion, and about the naturall center, vertue, doth per- chance sometimes, some things, somewhat like true friendship; but hath many devia- tions, which are strayings into new loves, (not of other men; for that is proper to true wise friendship, which is not a mar- ring; but of other things) and hath such trepidations as keep it from shewing it self, where great persons do not love; and it re- turns to the true first station and place of friendship planetarily, which is uncertain- ly and seldome. I have ever seen in London and our Court, as some colours, and habits, and continuances, and motions, and phra- ses, and accents, and songs, so friends in [CW: fashion] |
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