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Page xxi
... thought nothing 66 more proper for that purpose than Bacon's Essays , provided the English , which is in some Places grown obsolete , were a little reformed , and made " more fashionable . Accordingly having by me his Lordship's Latin ...
... thought nothing 66 more proper for that purpose than Bacon's Essays , provided the English , which is in some Places grown obsolete , were a little reformed , and made " more fashionable . Accordingly having by me his Lordship's Latin ...
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... thought also , that knowledge is almost 66 generally sought either for delight and satisfaction , " or for gain or profession , or for credit and orna- " ment , and that every of these are as Atalanta's " balls , which hinder the race ...
... thought also , that knowledge is almost 66 generally sought either for delight and satisfaction , " or for gain or profession , or for credit and orna- " ment , and that every of these are as Atalanta's " balls , which hinder the race ...
Page xxxii
... thought worth preser- vation . Archbishop Tenison , in his Baconiana , page 47 , says , " The Apophthegmes ( of which the first is the See the original in Latin , with the translation from which this extract is copied in the Baconiana ...
... thought worth preser- vation . Archbishop Tenison , in his Baconiana , page 47 , says , " The Apophthegmes ( of which the first is the See the original in Latin , with the translation from which this extract is copied in the Baconiana ...
Page xxxvii
... thought it therefore agreeable , to my affection , and obligation to your Grace , to prefix your name before them , both in English , and in Latine . For I doe conceiue , that the Latine Volume of them ( being in the Vniuersal Language ) ...
... thought it therefore agreeable , to my affection , and obligation to your Grace , to prefix your name before them , both in English , and in Latine . For I doe conceiue , that the Latine Volume of them ( being in the Vniuersal Language ) ...
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... thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour , but a na- tural though corrupt love of the lie itself . One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter , and is at a stand to think what should be in it , that men should love ...
... thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour , but a na- tural though corrupt love of the lie itself . One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter , and is at a stand to think what should be in it , that men should love ...
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