The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1819 |
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... ancient Egyptians had a law , which ordained that the actions and characters of their dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges ; in order to regulate what was due to their memory . No quality , however exalted ; no ...
... ancient Egyptians had a law , which ordained that the actions and characters of their dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges ; in order to regulate what was due to their memory . No quality , however exalted ; no ...
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... ancient national simplicity of manners which ever accompanies magnanimity , and manly freedom of speech the noble effect of both , were now in a great measure lost ; altered and effeminated into pro- stitute adulation and servile homage ...
... ancient national simplicity of manners which ever accompanies magnanimity , and manly freedom of speech the noble effect of both , were now in a great measure lost ; altered and effeminated into pro- stitute adulation and servile homage ...
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... Ancients . " This work bears the same stamp of an original and inventive genius with his other performances . Resolving not to tread in the steps of those who had gone before him , men , according to his own expression , not learned ...
... Ancients . " This work bears the same stamp of an original and inventive genius with his other performances . Resolving not to tread in the steps of those who had gone before him , men , according to his own expression , not learned ...
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... ancients he was not , he could not , be obliged . They had either mistaken the right road to natural knowledge ; or if any of them struck into it by chance , finding the way difficult , obscure , and tedious , they soon abandoned it for ...
... ancients he was not , he could not , be obliged . They had either mistaken the right road to natural knowledge ; or if any of them struck into it by chance , finding the way difficult , obscure , and tedious , they soon abandoned it for ...
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... ancient writer would mention the appearance of a Lycurgus , or a Timoleon ; of a lawgiver who new - models a state , or a hero who rescues a whole people from slavery . But these fair appearances were of short duration . A night of ...
... ancient writer would mention the appearance of a Lycurgus , or a Timoleon ; of a lawgiver who new - models a state , or a hero who rescues a whole people from slavery . But these fair appearances were of short duration . A night of ...
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