Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...

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Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...
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R. B., 1632?-1725?
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London :: Printed for Nath. Crouch, at his shop at the sign of the Bell in the Poultry,
1683.
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Curiosities and wonders.
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"Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A81080.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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XXIX. The Venetians put to death Marinus Falienus their Duke, for having Treacherously conspired against the State, and whereas the Pictures of their Dukes from the first, to him that now liveth are represented, and drawn according to the order of their times, in the great Hall of the general Council, yet to the end that the Picture of Falienus a perfidious Prince, might not be seen amongst other of those illustrious Dukes,

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they caused an empty chair to be drawn, and covered over with a black veil, as believing, that those who carried themselves disloyally to the Common wealth, cannot be more severely punished, than if their names be covered with perpetual silence, and secret detesta∣tion. Camerar. Op.

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