Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... rest . Another remark that Bacon himself would not have failed to make if he had been examining the ques- tion of reading books in its whole extent , and on all sides , is , that , with few exceptions , all books lose something of their ...
... rest . Another remark that Bacon himself would not have failed to make if he had been examining the ques- tion of reading books in its whole extent , and on all sides , is , that , with few exceptions , all books lose something of their ...
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... rest , saith yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below ; but no ...
... rest , saith yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle , and the adventures thereof below ; but no ...
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... rest ; nay , almost alone , as if it were all in all . But the reason is plain . There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise , and therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken are ...
... rest ; nay , almost alone , as if it were all in all . But the reason is plain . There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise , and therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken are ...
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... rest in them and go no fur- ther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together , it must needs fly to Providence and Deity . Nay , even that school which is most accused of atheism , doth most demonstrate ...
... rest in them and go no fur- ther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together , it must needs fly to Providence and Deity . Nay , even that school which is most accused of atheism , doth most demonstrate ...
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... rest , maketh any man's heart hard to find or sound . Hence it comes like- wise that princes many times make themselves desires , and set their hearts upon toys - sometimes upon a building , sometimes upon erecting of an order ...
... rest , maketh any man's heart hard to find or sound . Hence it comes like- wise that princes many times make themselves desires , and set their hearts upon toys - sometimes upon a building , sometimes upon erecting of an order ...
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