The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xviii
... doth help any thing to the effecting of the thing In the solution of this problem he , according to his custom , enumerates a variety of instances , and , among others , the following fact , which occurred to him when a child , for he ...
... doth help any thing to the effecting of the thing In the solution of this problem he , according to his custom , enumerates a variety of instances , and , among others , the following fact , which occurred to him when a child , for he ...
Page xxviii
... doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . " The essays were immediately translated into French and Italian , and into Latin by some of his friends , amongst whom were Hacket , Bishop of Litchfield , and his ...
... doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . " The essays were immediately translated into French and Italian , and into Latin by some of his friends , amongst whom were Hacket , Bishop of Litchfield , and his ...
Page xxxix
... doth permit , than either omit opportunity or increase indignation . No man alive out of the thoughts of judgment , the ground of knowledge , and lesson of experience , is better able to distin- guish betwixt public and private offices ...
... doth permit , than either omit opportunity or increase indignation . No man alive out of the thoughts of judgment , the ground of knowledge , and lesson of experience , is better able to distin- guish betwixt public and private offices ...
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... doth dispose the opinion to atheism ; but on the other side , much na- tural philosophy and wading deep into it will bring about men's minds to religion ; wherefore athe- ism every way seems to be joined and combined with folly and ...
... doth dispose the opinion to atheism ; but on the other side , much na- tural philosophy and wading deep into it will bring about men's minds to religion ; wherefore athe- ism every way seems to be joined and combined with folly and ...
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... doth follow at the funerals of his own reputation . " PAGE 12 OF THIS VOLUME . " A mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert the dolours of death ; but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc ...
... doth follow at the funerals of his own reputation . " PAGE 12 OF THIS VOLUME . " A mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert the dolours of death ; but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc ...
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