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... sive Filum Labyrinthi , " is the title of the fourth part of the " Instauratio . " ↑ Catalogue Harleian , vol . iii . page 397. Art . 6797 . These will be explained hereafter . 66 66 " turbulent ; whereas if it be well xxviii PREFACE . 6.
... sive Filum Labyrinthi , " is the title of the fourth part of the " Instauratio . " ↑ Catalogue Harleian , vol . iii . page 397. Art . 6797 . These will be explained hereafter . 66 66 " turbulent ; whereas if it be well xxviii PREFACE . 6.
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Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. 66 66 " turbulent ; whereas if it be well advised , there is a great difference to be made between matters con- templative and active . For in government change " is suspected , though the better ; but it is ...
Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. 66 66 " turbulent ; whereas if it be well advised , there is a great difference to be made between matters con- templative and active . For in government change " is suspected , though the better ; but it is ...
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... whereas the meaning ought to govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or uni- ties : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree ...
... whereas the meaning ought to govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or uni- ties : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree ...
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... whereas , contrariwise , persons of worth and merit are most envied when their fortune continueth long ; for by that time , though their virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up that darken it ...
... whereas , contrariwise , persons of worth and merit are most envied when their fortune continueth long ; for by that time , though their virtue be the same , yet it hath not the same lustre , for fresh men grow up that darken it ...
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... whereas wise men will rather do sacrifice to envy , in suffering themselves , sometimes of pur- pose , to be crossed and overborne in things that do not much concern them . Notwithstanding so much is true , that the carriage of ...
... whereas wise men will rather do sacrifice to envy , in suffering themselves , sometimes of pur- pose , to be crossed and overborne in things that do not much concern them . Notwithstanding so much is true , that the carriage of ...
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