Note 24 — DIALOGUE I. ON SINCERITY IN THE COMMERCE OF THE WORLD. Dr. HENRY MORE, EDMUND WALLER, Esq.
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The noble historian, before cited, gives us two instances of Lord Falkland’s scrupulosity. The one was, “That he could never bring himself to employ spies, or give any countenance or entertainment to them:” The other, “That he could never allow himself the liberty of opening letters, upon a suspicion that they might contain matter of dangerous consequence.” B. viii.