Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius , if you mark them well , are but Essays , that is , dispersed meditations , though conveyed in the form of Epistles . " As for the present compositions , he adds , he has " endeavoured to ...
... ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius , if you mark them well , are but Essays , that is , dispersed meditations , though conveyed in the form of Epistles . " As for the present compositions , he adds , he has " endeavoured to ...
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... ancient poets , which seemeth not to be without mystery , nay , and to have some approach to the state of a Christian : That Hercules , when he went to unbind Prometheus ( by whom human nature is represented ) , sailed the length of the ...
... ancient poets , which seemeth not to be without mystery , nay , and to have some approach to the state of a Christian : That Hercules , when he went to unbind Prometheus ( by whom human nature is represented ) , sailed the length of the ...
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... that amongst all the great and worthy persons ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent ) there is not one * Envy keeps no holidays . that hath been transported to the mad degree of love 40 BACON'S WORKS .
... that amongst all the great and worthy persons ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent ) there is not one * Envy keeps no holidays . that hath been transported to the mad degree of love 40 BACON'S WORKS .
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... ancient time , what is best , and of the latter time , what it fittest . Seek to make thy course regular , that men may know beforehand what they may expect ; but be not too positive and peremptory , and express thyself well when thou ...
... ancient time , what is best , and of the latter time , what it fittest . Seek to make thy course regular , that men may know beforehand what they may expect ; but be not too positive and peremptory , and express thyself well when thou ...
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... ancient castle or building not in decay , or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ! For new nobility is but the act of ...
... ancient castle or building not in decay , or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time ! For new nobility is but the act of ...
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