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... judge the use a man should " seek in publishing his writings before his death to " be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow , and not to go along with him , " 66 The next edition , which is a small quarto of 340 ...
... judge the use a man should " seek in publishing his writings before his death to " be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow , and not to go along with him , " 66 The next edition , which is a small quarto of 340 ...
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... corretta a data en luce dal . Sig . Andr : Croli et un tributo , 24mo . B. Museum . ** Essais trad . en Francois , par Bandouin , 16mo . Paris . B. Museum . 66 How well they have succeeded the reader may judge XX PREFACE .
... corretta a data en luce dal . Sig . Andr : Croli et un tributo , 24mo . B. Museum . ** Essais trad . en Francois , par Bandouin , 16mo . Paris . B. Museum . 66 How well they have succeeded the reader may judge XX PREFACE .
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Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. 66 How well they have succeeded the reader may judge by the following specimens . In a translation pub- lished by William H. Willymott , L. L. D. A. D. 1720 , he says , " Wanting an English Book for my ...
Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. 66 How well they have succeeded the reader may judge by the following specimens . In a translation pub- lished by William H. Willymott , L. L. D. A. D. 1720 , he says , " Wanting an English Book for my ...
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... judge itself , teacheth , that the inquiry of truth , which is the love - making , or wooing of it , the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it , and the belief of truth , which is the enjoying of it , is the sovereign good of ...
... judge itself , teacheth , that the inquiry of truth , which is the love - making , or wooing of it , the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it , and the belief of truth , which is the enjoying of it , is the sovereign good of ...
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... than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a light- some ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when / 16 OF ADVERSITY .
... than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a light- some ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when / 16 OF ADVERSITY .
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