The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 11
... rest , and many of the Fathers , espe- cially holy monks and hermits , were long - lived ; so that this blessing ( so often repeated in the old law ) appears to have been less withdrawn after the time of our Saviour than other earthly ...
... rest , and many of the Fathers , espe- cially holy monks and hermits , were long - lived ; so that this blessing ( so often repeated in the old law ) appears to have been less withdrawn after the time of our Saviour than other earthly ...
Page 50
... rest for eighty years under his government ; he was a bold and active man , who had in a manner levoted himself for the people . 4 2 4. Job after the restoration of his prosperity lived 140 years ; and before his afflictions he was old ...
... rest for eighty years under his government ; he was a bold and active man , who had in a manner levoted himself for the people . 4 2 4. Job after the restoration of his prosperity lived 140 years ; and before his afflictions he was old ...
Page 57
... rest had applied hot remedies as suited for the disease , cured him by a contrary system of cold medi- cines ; 2 and this perhaps contributed to his length of life . Tiberius lived to be two years older ; a man ( as Augustus said of him ...
... rest had applied hot remedies as suited for the disease , cured him by a contrary system of cold medi- cines ; 2 and this perhaps contributed to his length of life . Tiberius lived to be two years older ; a man ( as Augustus said of him ...
Page 88
... rest , it would not be amiss , especially in youth , to take the distilled waters rather than the bod- ies themselves . For in distillation the vapour rises , while the heat of the medicine generally settles ; and distilled waters in ...
... rest , it would not be amiss , especially in youth , to take the distilled waters rather than the bod- ies themselves . For in distillation the vapour rises , while the heat of the medicine generally settles ; and distilled waters in ...
Page 95
... rest , are not acrid and do not bite the tongue , but have only a slight bitterness and a strong scent , and only betray their heat in the stom- ach , and in their subsequent operations . 67. The sexual appetite often excited , but ...
... rest , are not acrid and do not bite the tongue , but have only a slight bitterness and a strong scent , and only betray their heat in the stom- ach , and in their subsequent operations . 67. The sexual appetite often excited , but ...
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