The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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Page xxvii
... action , he well knew and always inculcated , was to be obtained only by the strength of the law restrain- ing and directing individual strength.1 In Or- pheus's Theatre , he says , " all beasts and birds assembled , and forgetting ...
... action , he well knew and always inculcated , was to be obtained only by the strength of the law restrain- ing and directing individual strength.1 In Or- pheus's Theatre , he says , " all beasts and birds assembled , and forgetting ...
Page xxxv
... action should be nearly and strongly conjoined and united together : a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets , Saturn , the planet of rest and contemplation , and Jupiter , the planet of civil so- ciety and action ...
... action should be nearly and strongly conjoined and united together : a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets , Saturn , the planet of rest and contemplation , and Jupiter , the planet of civil so- ciety and action ...
Page xliv
... action , it might have caused much blood and combustion ; but it appeared well they were such as knew not how to play the malefactors , and some other words which I now omit . " All exertions , however , proved fruitless ; for , after ...
... action , it might have caused much blood and combustion ; but it appeared well they were such as knew not how to play the malefactors , and some other words which I now omit . " All exertions , however , proved fruitless ; for , after ...
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... action of all its parts , " Some provinces are more wealthy , some more populous , and some more warlike ; some situate aptly for the exclud- ing or expulsing of foreigners , and some for the annoying and bridling of suspected and ...
... action of all its parts , " Some provinces are more wealthy , some more populous , and some more warlike ; some situate aptly for the exclud- ing or expulsing of foreigners , and some for the annoying and bridling of suspected and ...
Page lii
... action of these causes can be dedication to the king was consistent either with prevented , the body will defy decomposition ; the simplicity or dignity of philosophy , he must " Have you never , " he says , " seen a fly in have ...
... action of these causes can be dedication to the king was consistent either with prevented , the body will defy decomposition ; the simplicity or dignity of philosophy , he must " Have you never , " he says , " seen a fly in have ...
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