The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xx
... truth under the conduct of vanity ; for , seeking real nature with all her fruits about her , we should think it a betraying of our trust to infect such a subject either with an ambitious , an ignorant , or any other faulty manner of ...
... truth under the conduct of vanity ; for , seeking real nature with all her fruits about her , we should think it a betraying of our trust to infect such a subject either with an ambitious , an ignorant , or any other faulty manner of ...
Page xxv
... truth , | of his country , and an undying spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en- deavoured to burst his bonds ...
... truth , | of his country , and an undying spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en- deavoured to burst his bonds ...
Page xxvii
... truths for the diminution of indi- vidual labour , and the foundation of future disco- veries : and , his opinion being that ... truth and justness of thought is frequently sacrificed by the writers of maxims . Another edition , with a ...
... truths for the diminution of indi- vidual labour , and the foundation of future disco- veries : and , his opinion being that ... truth and justness of thought is frequently sacrificed by the writers of maxims . Another edition , with a ...
Page xxxv
... truth is disturbed , he of all men knew and admired the wise constitution of our courts , in which it has been deemed expedient , that , to elicit truth , the judge should hear the op- posite statements of the same or of different pow ...
... truth is disturbed , he of all men knew and admired the wise constitution of our courts , in which it has been deemed expedient , that , to elicit truth , the judge should hear the op- posite statements of the same or of different pow ...
Page xliv
... truth that so different from what he here coloureth and Essex was guilty as well as imprudent , he saw pleadeth against me . " that all which he and others had deemed rashness was the result of a long concocted treason . In whatever ...
... truth that so different from what he here coloureth and Essex was guilty as well as imprudent , he saw pleadeth against me . " that all which he and others had deemed rashness was the result of a long concocted treason . In whatever ...
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