The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... LIGHT AND LUMI- NOUS MATTER 273 PART II . WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA , BUT NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT . THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS 285 ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA 317 ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS , According to ...
... LIGHT AND LUMI- NOUS MATTER 273 PART II . WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA , BUT NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT . THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS 285 ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA 317 ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS , According to ...
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... light on the prolongation and restoration of life in animals ; wherein , as has been observed before , the same things generally happen , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to ...
... light on the prolongation and restoration of life in animals ; wherein , as has been observed before , the same things generally happen , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to ...
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... light shone far out of his obscurity . 18. The Popes of Rome , up to the present time , are in number 241. Of these only five have reached or exceeded 80 ; but many of the early popes had their natural life cut short by martyrdom . John ...
... light shone far out of his obscurity . 18. The Popes of Rome , up to the present time , are in number 241. Of these only five have reached or exceeded 80 ; but many of the early popes had their natural life cut short by martyrdom . John ...
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... light hair in the boy to turn darker in the man . The Seres likewise , another Indian people , with their palm - wine , are reputed to live as long as 130 years.2 Euphranor the grammarian continued to teach in his school till he was ...
... light hair in the boy to turn darker in the man . The Seres likewise , another Indian people , with their palm - wine , are reputed to live as long as 130 years.2 Euphranor the grammarian continued to teach in his school till he was ...
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... light mention of things of this kind , but I by no means insist upon them . For I do not enter into any serious or accurate discourse either of living in caves , like the cave of Epimenides , where the sunbeams and changes of tem ...
... light mention of things of this kind , but I by no means insist upon them . For I do not enter into any serious or accurate discourse either of living in caves , like the cave of Epimenides , where the sunbeams and changes of tem ...
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