Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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Page 51
... motion of a bullet in the air , which flieth so swift as it outruns the eye . The Twenty - second , Of Cunning , ' published in 1612 , begins as follows : - We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom . And * I will make myself ...
... motion of a bullet in the air , which flieth so swift as it outruns the eye . The Twenty - second , Of Cunning , ' published in 1612 , begins as follows : - We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom . And * I will make myself ...
Page 52
... motion , strongest in continuance ; but good , as a forced motion , strongest at first . Surely every medicine is an innovation , and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils , for time is the greatest innovator . And ...
... motion , strongest in continuance ; but good , as a forced motion , strongest at first . Surely every medicine is an innovation , and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils , for time is the greatest innovator . And ...
Page 54
... motion is but beating the air . There be three parts of business - the preparation , the debate or examination , and the perfection ; whereof , if you look for despatch , let the middle only be the work of many , and the first and last ...
... motion is but beating the air . There be three parts of business - the preparation , the debate or examination , and the perfection ; whereof , if you look for despatch , let the middle only be the work of many , and the first and last ...
Page 65
... motions upon the scene itself before their coming down ; for it draws the eye strangely , and makes it with great pleasure to desire to see that it cannot perfectly discern . Let the songs be loud and cheerful , and not chirpings or ...
... motions upon the scene itself before their coming down ; for it draws the eye strangely , and makes it with great pleasure to desire to see that it cannot perfectly discern . Let the songs be loud and cheerful , and not chirpings or ...
Page 78
... motion , fed by a water higher than the pool , and delivered into it by fair spouts and then discharged away under ground by some equality of bores , that it stay little . And for fine devices of arching water without spilling , and ...
... motion , fed by a water higher than the pool , and delivered into it by fair spouts and then discharged away under ground by some equality of bores , that it stay little . And for fine devices of arching water without spilling , and ...
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