The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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... reason why princes find a soli- tude in regard of able men to serve them in causes of state . " ence , that the ... reasons of political societies ; that they inay not in a dangerous fit of the commonwealth be such poor , shaken ...
... reason why princes find a soli- tude in regard of able men to serve them in causes of state . " ence , that the ... reasons of political societies ; that they inay not in a dangerous fit of the commonwealth be such poor , shaken ...
Page xlviii
... reason and speech . Many of his speeches are fortunately preserved : they are all distinguished for their fitness ... reasons , howso- ever it pleaseth them to distinguish of habits and powers ; the experience is manifest enough , that ...
... reason and speech . Many of his speeches are fortunately preserved : they are all distinguished for their fitness ... reasons , howso- ever it pleaseth them to distinguish of habits and powers ; the experience is manifest enough , that ...
Page xlix
... reason , imagination , me- mory , will , and be taught the nature and extent of our powers for the discovery of truth ; -our different motives for the exercise of our powers ; - the various obstacles to the acquisition of know- ledge ...
... reason , imagination , me- mory , will , and be taught the nature and extent of our powers for the discovery of truth ; -our different motives for the exercise of our powers ; - the various obstacles to the acquisition of know- ledge ...
Page lii
... reason ; and he must also have forgotten his own nervous and beautiful admonition , that " the honest and just bounds of observation by one person upon another , extend no further but to understand him sufficiently , whereby It must not ...
... reason ; and he must also have forgotten his own nervous and beautiful admonition , that " the honest and just bounds of observation by one person upon another , extend no further but to understand him sufficiently , whereby It must not ...
Page lx
... reason , and religion , and insinuating that the king , by promot- ing it , had violated his coronation oath , and that , by such means as these , King Richard the Second had given an opportunity to Henry the Fourth to deprive him of ...
... reason , and religion , and insinuating that the king , by promot- ing it , had violated his coronation oath , and that , by such means as these , King Richard the Second had given an opportunity to Henry the Fourth to deprive him of ...
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