Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... light . Of the other works of this great man , which were objects of admiration to his own times , the following Essays are , perhaps , the only ones which retain much of their pristine popularity . His law treatises have always been ...
... light . Of the other works of this great man , which were objects of admiration to his own times , the following Essays are , perhaps , the only ones which retain much of their pristine popularity . His law treatises have always been ...
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... mummeries , and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candle- lights . Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl , that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle.
... mummeries , and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candle- lights . Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl , that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle.
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... light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work , ever since , is the illumination of the Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ...
... light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work , ever since , is the illumination of the Spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ...
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... light thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing , that , in his catalogue of books of a feigned library , sets down this title of a book , " The Morris Dance of ...
... light thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing , that , in his catalogue of books of a feigned library , sets down this title of a book , " The Morris Dance of ...
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... , according to my small model . Men ought to take heed of rending God's church by two kinds of contro- versies ; the one is , when the matter of the point controverted is too small and light , not worth the 18 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... , according to my small model . Men ought to take heed of rending God's church by two kinds of contro- versies ; the one is , when the matter of the point controverted is too small and light , not worth the 18 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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