Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... truths , and that of opening her affluent wardrobe for their dress ; one like the earth throwing out of her bosom the organized forms of matter , and the other like the sun arraying them in an endless variety of hues . Of the Essay ...
... truths , and that of opening her affluent wardrobe for their dress ; one like the earth throwing out of her bosom the organized forms of matter , and the other like the sun arraying them in an endless variety of hues . Of the Essay ...
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... which God gives to my pen and labours , I could yield . God lead your Grace by the hand . Your Grace's most obliged and faithful servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . ESSAYS . I. OF TRUTH . WHAT is truth ? 10 PREFATORY EPISTLES .
... which God gives to my pen and labours , I could yield . God lead your Grace by the hand . Your Grace's most obliged and faithful servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . ESSAYS . I. OF TRUTH . WHAT is truth ? 10 PREFATORY EPISTLES .
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Francis Bacon. ESSAYS . I. OF TRUTH . WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate , and would not stay for an answer . Certainly there be that delight in giddiness , and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free will in thinking , as ...
Francis Bacon. ESSAYS . I. OF TRUTH . WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate , and would not stay for an answer . Certainly there be that delight in giddiness , and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free will in thinking , as ...
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... truth , which only doth judge itself , teacheth that the inquiry of truth , which is the love making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it ; and the be- lief of truth , which is the enjoying of it ; is ...
... truth , which only doth judge itself , teacheth that the inquiry of truth , which is the love making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth , which is the presence of it ; and the be- lief of truth , which is the enjoying of it ; is ...
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... truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature , and that mixture of ...
... truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature , and that mixture of ...
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