The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 9Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 43
... precepts , though many may be deduced from the 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 ...
... precepts , though many may be deduced from the 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 ...
Page 85
... precept to pleaders , that they should have by them a variety of commonplaces , ready prepared , and handled and illustrated on both sides ; arguments ( for example ) for the sense of the law against the words of the law ; and the ...
... precept to pleaders , that they should have by them a variety of commonplaces , ready prepared , and handled and illustrated on both sides ; arguments ( for example ) for the sense of the law against the words of the law ; and the ...
Page 87
... precepts of invention ; but when he has made further advances in that knowledge , he may and ought to devise new precepts of invention , to lead him the better to that which lies beyond . It is indeed like journeying in a champaign ...
... precepts of invention ; but when he has made further advances in that knowledge , he may and ought to devise new precepts of invention , to lead him the better to that which lies beyond . It is indeed like journeying in a champaign ...
Page 96
... precepts , but still more excellently by Plato in the way of examples ; and that not only in the persons of the ancient sophists ( Gorgias , Hippias , Protagoras , Euthy- demus , and the rest ) , but even in Socrates himself , who ...
... precepts , but still more excellently by Plato in the way of examples ; and that not only in the persons of the ancient sophists ( Gorgias , Hippias , Protagoras , Euthy- demus , and the rest ) , but even in Socrates himself , who ...
Page 104
... precepts for • strengthening and enlarging the memory than that art contains , and a better practice of the art itself than that which is received . Not but ( if any one chooses to abuse this art for purposes of ostentation ) feats can ...
... precepts for • strengthening and enlarging the memory than that art contains , and a better practice of the art itself than that which is received . Not but ( if any one chooses to abuse this art for purposes of ostentation ) feats can ...
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