The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 9Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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Page 162
... Authority . For . It is absurd to prefer the accidents of life to life itself . A long course is better than a short one for every . thing , even for virtue . Without a good space of life a man can neither finish , nor learn , nor re ...
... Authority . For . It is absurd to prefer the accidents of life to life itself . A long course is better than a short one for every . thing , even for virtue . Without a good space of life a man can neither finish , nor learn , nor re ...
Page 172
... authority . Silence is the sleep which nourishes wisdom . Silence is the fermenta- tion of thought . Silence is the style of wisdom . Silence aspires after truth . For . A decorous government of the countenance and carriage 172 ...
... authority . Silence is the sleep which nourishes wisdom . Silence is the fermenta- tion of thought . Silence is the style of wisdom . Silence aspires after truth . For . A decorous government of the countenance and carriage 172 ...
Page 176
... authority of some powerful passion . If you are wise , seek something to desire ; for to him who has not some spe- cial object of pursuit all things are distasteful and wearisome . Why should not one be content with one ? Against . The ...
... authority of some powerful passion . If you are wise , seek something to desire ; for to him who has not some spe- cial object of pursuit all things are distasteful and wearisome . Why should not one be content with one ? Against . The ...
Page 209
... authority of a king ) , seeing it does not exalt in- vidiously or above measure the height and summit of kingly power ; for your Majesty has represented , not a king of Assyria , or Persia , in the glitter of outward pride and glory ...
... authority of a king ) , seeing it does not exalt in- vidiously or above measure the height and summit of kingly power ; for your Majesty has represented , not a king of Assyria , or Persia , in the glitter of outward pride and glory ...
Page 316
... authority in the cases proper to them ; for it would be preposterous to wrest them to omitted cases . APHORISM 16 . Consequence does not draw consequence , but the extension should stop within the next cases ; other- wise there will be ...
... authority in the cases proper to them ; for it would be preposterous to wrest them to omitted cases . APHORISM 16 . Consequence does not draw consequence , but the extension should stop within the next cases ; other- wise there will be ...
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