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 xlviii
... knowledge was never checked , per- haps it was increased by his occupations in active life . " We judge , " he says , " that mankind may | conceive some hopes from our example , which we offer , not by way of ostentation , but because ...
... knowledge was never checked , per- haps it was increased by his occupations in active life . " We judge , " he says , " that mankind may | conceive some hopes from our example , which we offer , not by way of ostentation , but because ...
Page xlix
... knowledge , and in the judgments it nions upon the same subject in the Advancement makes : yet the last resort a man has recourse of Learning , it appears that he considered the ob- ject of education to be knowledge and improve- ment of ...
... knowledge , and in the judgments it nions upon the same subject in the Advancement makes : yet the last resort a man has recourse of Learning , it appears that he considered the ob- ject of education to be knowledge and improve- ment of ...
Page lii
... knowledge . To form a correct judgment of the merits of this treatise , it is but justice to the author to re- member both the time when it was written and the persons for whom it was composed ; " length and ornament of speech being fit ...
... knowledge . To form a correct judgment of the merits of this treatise , it is but justice to the author to re- member both the time when it was written and the persons for whom it was composed ; " length and ornament of speech being fit ...
Page liii
... knowledge ; and upon falsehood , called by him delicate learning ; contentious learning ; and fantastical learning ; all of them erroneously considered objections to learning ; as the study of words is merely the se- lection of one ...
... knowledge ; and upon falsehood , called by him delicate learning ; contentious learning ; and fantastical learning ; all of them erroneously considered objections to learning ; as the study of words is merely the se- lection of one ...
Page liv
... knowledge , its excellency in diffusing happiness through succeeding ages , he says , " Let us con- Iclude with the dignity and excellency of know- ledge and learning in that whereunto man's na- ture doth most aspire ; which is ...
... knowledge , its excellency in diffusing happiness through succeeding ages , he says , " Let us con- Iclude with the dignity and excellency of know- ledge and learning in that whereunto man's na- ture doth most aspire ; which is ...
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