The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Carey, 1841 |
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... seem upon merit to induce fortune . Next , whatsoever is done by virtue and industry , seems to be done by a kind of habit and art , and " That which is gotten by our own pains and industry is & greater good ; that which comes by ...
... seem upon merit to induce fortune . Next , whatsoever is done by virtue and industry , seems to be done by a kind of habit and art , and " That which is gotten by our own pains and industry is & greater good ; that which comes by ...
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... seem to be also the more excellent parts of the air , so that the words air , spirit , and life , are often used as if they were synonymous . And , with reason , since some degree of respiration seems the insepe- rable companion of life ...
... seem to be also the more excellent parts of the air , so that the words air , spirit , and life , are often used as if they were synonymous . And , with reason , since some degree of respiration seems the insepe- rable companion of life ...
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... seems to be fixed in a solid and approaches nearest to bareness , and as it were a constant nature . But the power of formation veil of the thinnest and lightest kind . But by the seems plainly to desert the bodies of liquids . vest of ...
... seems to be fixed in a solid and approaches nearest to bareness , and as it were a constant nature . But the power of formation veil of the thinnest and lightest kind . But by the seems plainly to desert the bodies of liquids . vest of ...
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From the publication of the Wisdom of the | lviii |
ESSAYS | lxix |
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