The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 11
... follow naturally that I who am earnestly labouring for the perfection of arts should take thought also , by the grace and favour of the Author of Life and Truth , about the means of prolonging the life of man . For though the life of ...
... follow naturally that I who am earnestly labouring for the perfection of arts should take thought also , by the grace and favour of the Author of Life and Truth , about the means of prolonging the life of man . For though the life of ...
Page 21
... follows that the antidote against them is the detention of this spirit . 2. This spirit is detained in two ways ; either by a close confinement , as in a prison , or by a kind of vol- untary detention . This continuance is likewise ...
... follows that the antidote against them is the detention of this spirit . 2. This spirit is detained in two ways ; either by a close confinement , as in a prison , or by a kind of vol- untary detention . This continuance is likewise ...
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... follows by acci- dent that the other parts contract themselves ; whether only to avoid a vacuum , or from some simultaneous motion , whereof I am not now speaking . 8. It is certain that putrefaction as well as arefaction is caused by ...
... follows by acci- dent that the other parts contract themselves ; whether only to avoid a vacuum , or from some simultaneous motion , whereof I am not now speaking . 8. It is certain that putrefaction as well as arefaction is caused by ...
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... likewise reached the same age ; a truly good man , sound in mind and body , politic , temperate , and full of good and charitable works . 19. The cases which follow are promiscuous in their order 60 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... likewise reached the same age ; a truly good man , sound in mind and body , politic , temperate , and full of good and charitable works . 19. The cases which follow are promiscuous in their order 60 TRANSLATION OF THE.
Page 61
... follow are promiscuous in their order , more doubtful in authority , and more scanty in observation . Arganthonius , king of Cadiz in Spain , lived 130 or ( according to some ) 140 years , for eighty of which he was on the throne.1 Of ...
... follow are promiscuous in their order , more doubtful in authority , and more scanty in observation . Arganthonius , king of Cadiz in Spain , lived 130 or ( according to some ) 140 years , for eighty of which he was on the throne.1 Of ...
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