The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 9Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 19
... wisdom . Neither indeed can it be denied , but that it is a wonderful index of simulation in another , and an excellent direction as to the choice of proper times and seasons to address persons ; which is no small part of civil wisdom ...
... wisdom . Neither indeed can it be denied , but that it is a wonderful index of simulation in another , and an excellent direction as to the choice of proper times and seasons to address persons ; which is no small part of civil wisdom ...
Page 31
... wisdom of the lawyers , who have ever been careful to report the more important cases and new decisions , for instruction and direction in future cases . This continuance of medicinal history I find deficient ; es- pecially as carefully ...
... wisdom of the lawyers , who have ever been careful to report the more important cases and new decisions , for instruction and direction in future cases . This continuance of medicinal history I find deficient ; es- pecially as carefully ...
Page 114
... iambic for invectives ; lyric for odes and hymns . Nor have modern poets been want- ing in this wisdom , so far as their own languages are concerned : The fault has been , that some of 114 TRANSLATION OF THE " DE AUGMENTIS . ”
... iambic for invectives ; lyric for odes and hymns . Nor have modern poets been want- ing in this wisdom , so far as their own languages are concerned : The fault has been , that some of 114 TRANSLATION OF THE " DE AUGMENTIS . ”
Page 121
... Wisdom of Transmission . Different kinds of Method are enumerated , with a note of their advantages and disadvantages . LET us now come to the doctrine concerning the Method of Discourse . This has been commonly han- dled as a part of ...
... Wisdom of Transmission . Different kinds of Method are enumerated , with a note of their advantages and disadvantages . LET us now come to the doctrine concerning the Method of Discourse . This has been commonly han- dled as a part of ...
Page 129
... Wisdom of Transmission . And yet I must not omit to mention , that some per- sons more ostentatious than learned have laboured about a kind of method not worthy to be called a legit- imate method , being rather a method of imposture ...
... Wisdom of Transmission . And yet I must not omit to mention , that some per- sons more ostentatious than learned have laboured about a kind of method not worthy to be called a legit- imate method , being rather a method of imposture ...
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