The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 9Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 19
... direction as to the choice of proper times and seasons to address persons ; which is no small part of civil wisdom . Nor let any one imagine that a sagacity of this kind may be of use with respect to particular persons , but cannot fall ...
... direction as to the choice of proper times and seasons to address persons ; which is no small part of civil wisdom . Nor let any one imagine that a sagacity of this kind may be of use with respect to particular persons , but cannot fall ...
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... direction in future cases . This continuance of medicinal history I find deficient ; es- pecially as carefully and judiciously digested into one body ; which nevertheless I do not understand should be either so copious as to extend to ...
... direction in future cases . This continuance of medicinal history I find deficient ; es- pecially as carefully and judiciously digested into one body ; which nevertheless I do not understand should be either so copious as to extend to ...
Page 40
... directions , and pre- cepts . My first admonition is , that of the writers upon this argument there is none who has discovered anything great , not to say anything sound . Aristotle has indeed published a very short commentary upon it ...
... directions , and pre- cepts . My first admonition is , that of the writers upon this argument there is none who has discovered anything great , not to say anything sound . Aristotle has indeed published a very short commentary upon it ...
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... directions , the idea I have formed of the matter is this . Things are preserved and con- tinued in two ways ; either in their own identity , or by repair . In their own identity , as a fly or an ant in amber ; a flower or an apple or ...
... directions , the idea I have formed of the matter is this . Things are preserved and con- tinued in two ways ; either in their own identity , or by repair . In their own identity , as a fly or an ant in amber ; a flower or an apple or ...
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... directions themselves , I think fit to subjoin three as principal . The first is , that prolongation of life is to be expected rather from periodical diets , than from any familiar regimen of living , or even from the excellence of ...
... directions themselves , I think fit to subjoin three as principal . The first is , that prolongation of life is to be expected rather from periodical diets , than from any familiar regimen of living , or even from the excellence of ...
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