Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... stand to think what should be in it , that men should love lies , whether neither they make for pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advan- tage , as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell : this same truth is a ...
... stand to think what should be in it , that men should love lies , whether neither they make for pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advan- tage , as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell : this same truth is a ...
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... stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle 12 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle 12 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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Francis Bacon. a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and ...
Francis Bacon. a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle , and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and ...
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... standing shall sometimes hear ignorant men dif- fer , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which ...
... standing shall sometimes hear ignorant men dif- fer , and know well within himself , that those which so differ mean one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree : and if it come so to pass in that distance of judgment , which ...
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Francis Bacon. base , and by indignities men come to dignities . The standing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris , non esse cur velis ...
Francis Bacon. base , and by indignities men come to dignities . The standing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris , non esse cur velis ...
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