Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... present our readers with the mate- rials for acquiring in these volumes . Our plan , of pro- ducing for the most part Bacon's own words , will have at least the advantage of trustworthiness and safety . Our duty B 2 INTRODUCTION . 7.
... present our readers with the mate- rials for acquiring in these volumes . Our plan , of pro- ducing for the most part Bacon's own words , will have at least the advantage of trustworthiness and safety . Our duty B 2 INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... present . It is the object of the series of analytical ac- counts of great writers , to which the present volumes be- long , to introduce the most numerous class of readers to an actual acquaintance with those chief works , in our own ...
... present . It is the object of the series of analytical ac- counts of great writers , to which the present volumes be- long , to introduce the most numerous class of readers to an actual acquaintance with those chief works , in our own ...
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... present provision , he goes on , " might be imputed , not so much to her Majesty's averseness or disaffection towards him , as to the arts and policy of a great states- man then [ he means Burghley ] , who laboured by all industrious ...
... present provision , he goes on , " might be imputed , not so much to her Majesty's averseness or disaffection towards him , as to the arts and policy of a great states- man then [ he means Burghley ] , who laboured by all industrious ...
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... present year , 1592 , entituled A Declara- tion of the True Causes of the Great Troubles presup- posed to be intended against the Realm of England . ' It will fall to be noticed when we come to give an account of his political writings ...
... present year , 1592 , entituled A Declara- tion of the True Causes of the Great Troubles presup- posed to be intended against the Realm of England . ' It will fall to be noticed when we come to give an account of his political writings ...
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... present compositions , he adds , he has " endeavoured to make them not vulgar , but of a nature whereof a man shall find much in experience and little in books ; so as they are neither repetitions nor fancies . " It was Bacon's practice ...
... present compositions , he adds , he has " endeavoured to make them not vulgar , but of a nature whereof a man shall find much in experience and little in books ; so as they are neither repetitions nor fancies . " It was Bacon's practice ...
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