The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xxviii
... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more ...
... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more ...
Page xxix
... greater sort , I did Sir William Hatton , and daughter of Sir Thomas think it not impossible to work some profitable Cecil , and desired his lordship's interest in sup- effect ; the rather because where an inferior wit port of his ...
... greater sort , I did Sir William Hatton , and daughter of Sir Thomas think it not impossible to work some profitable Cecil , and desired his lordship's interest in sup- effect ; the rather because where an inferior wit port of his ...
Page xxxv
... greater body ; whereof the latter is in degree the greater and the worthier . This double nature of good and the comparative thereof is much more engraven upon man , if he degenerate not , unto whom the conser- vation of duty to the ...
... greater body ; whereof the latter is in degree the greater and the worthier . This double nature of good and the comparative thereof is much more engraven upon man , if he degenerate not , unto whom the conser- vation of duty to the ...
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... greater ener- gy upon this subject , in his treatise upon the Greatness of States . " Above all things , " he says , " cultivate a stout and warlike disposition of the people ; for walled towns , stored arsenals , goodly races of horses ...
... greater ener- gy upon this subject , in his treatise upon the Greatness of States . " Above all things , " he says , " cultivate a stout and warlike disposition of the people ; for walled towns , stored arsenals , goodly races of horses ...
Page lxxvi
... greater subtlety , as in the me- it not also be helped by imaging their gestures and habits ? or , 3dly , by Compulsion , or trying an experiment till its virtue is annihilated : not merely hunting the game , but killing it ; as burning ...
... greater subtlety , as in the me- it not also be helped by imaging their gestures and habits ? or , 3dly , by Compulsion , or trying an experiment till its virtue is annihilated : not merely hunting the game , but killing it ; as burning ...
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