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 xix
... men of sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading , their wits being shut up in the ... men's breath , and have no oars of their own to steer withal : " 7 and in his Novum Organum , which he published ...
... men of sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading , their wits being shut up in the ... men's breath , and have no oars of their own to steer withal : " 7 and in his Novum Organum , which he published ...
Page liii
... men , with respect to the sciences which they profess . them not audible , all things dissolve into anarchy |. His ... men's minds . 2. It takes away levity , temerity , and in- solency . 3. It takes away vain admiration , 4. It takes ...
... men , with respect to the sciences which they profess . them not audible , all things dissolve into anarchy |. His ... men's minds . 2. It takes away levity , temerity , and in- solency . 3. It takes away vain admiration , 4. It takes ...
Page liv
... men's wits and knowledges remain in books exempted from the wrong of time , and capable of perpetual renovation ... men of all fortunes ; the openness of the world by navigation , which hath disclosed multitudes of experiments , and a ...
... men's wits and knowledges remain in books exempted from the wrong of time , and capable of perpetual renovation ... men of all fortunes ; the openness of the world by navigation , which hath disclosed multitudes of experiments , and a ...
Page lviii
... men's lives are taken away with impunity , that the very life of the law , the execution , is almost taken away . " When solicitor he argued in the case of Sut- ton's Hospital , or the Charter - House , against the legality of the ...
... men's lives are taken away with impunity , that the very life of the law , the execution , is almost taken away . " When solicitor he argued in the case of Sut- ton's Hospital , or the Charter - House , against the legality of the ...
Page lxvii
... men of abilities should jointly engage against ignorance and barbarism . This had many years before his promotion been stated by Bacon : " Neither can this point otherwise be ; for learning endueth men's minds with a true sense of the ...
... men of abilities should jointly engage against ignorance and barbarism . This had many years before his promotion been stated by Bacon : " Neither can this point otherwise be ; for learning endueth men's minds with a true sense of the ...
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