The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1Baynes and son, 1824 |
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... saith of the wisest king , That his heart was as the sands of the sea ; which though it be one of the largest bodies , yet it consisteth of the smallest and finest portions : so hath God given your majesty a composition of under ...
... saith of the wisest king , That his heart was as the sands of the sea ; which though it be one of the largest bodies , yet it consisteth of the smallest and finest portions : so hath God given your majesty a composition of under ...
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... saith , knowledge bloweth up , but charity buildeth up ; not unlike unto that which he delivereth in another place : If I spake , saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tink- ling cymbal ...
... saith , knowledge bloweth up , but charity buildeth up ; not unlike unto that which he delivereth in another place : If I spake , saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tink- ling cymbal ...
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... saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same ...
... saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same ...
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... saith in his introduction : Cæterum aut me amor negotii suscepti fallit , aut nulla unquam respublica nec ma- jor , nec sanctior , nec bonis exemplis ditior fuit ; nec in quam tam sera avaritia luxuriaque immigrave- rint ; nec ubi ...
... saith in his introduction : Cæterum aut me amor negotii suscepti fallit , aut nulla unquam respublica nec ma- jor , nec sanctior , nec bonis exemplis ditior fuit ; nec in quam tam sera avaritia luxuriaque immigrave- rint ; nec ubi ...
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... saith , Eo ipso præfulge- bant , quod non visebantur . And for meanness of employment , that which is most traduced to contempt , is , that the government of youth is commonly allotted to them ; which age , be- cause it is the age of ...
... saith , Eo ipso præfulge- bant , quod non visebantur . And for meanness of employment , that which is most traduced to contempt , is , that the government of youth is commonly allotted to them ; which age , be- cause it is the age of ...
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