The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Carey, 1841 |
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... divine , and give oracles unto him . For as in the inquiry of divine truth , the pride of man hath ever inclined to leave the oracles of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own inventions ; so in the selfsame manner , in ...
... divine , and give oracles unto him . For as in the inquiry of divine truth , the pride of man hath ever inclined to leave the oracles of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own inventions ; so in the selfsame manner , in ...
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... divine philosophers , Heraclitus gave a just censure , saying , " Men sought truth in their own little worlds , and ... divine and human . Different proofs of the advantages of knowledge . 1. Divine proofs .... 1. Before the creation ...
... divine philosophers , Heraclitus gave a just censure , saying , " Men sought truth in their own little worlds , and ... divine and human . Different proofs of the advantages of knowledge . 1. Divine proofs .... 1. Before the creation ...
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... divine poesy ; and of holy doctrine or precept : for as for that part which seemeth supernumerary , which is prophecy , it is but divine history ; which hath that prerogative over human , as the narration may be before the fact as well ...
... divine poesy ; and of holy doctrine or precept : for as for that part which seemeth supernumerary , which is prophecy , it is but divine history ; which hath that prerogative over human , as the narration may be before the fact as well ...
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2 ix | xlix |
From the publication of the Wisdom of the | lviii |
ESSAYS | lxix |
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