Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... stand in these three first editions , are only ten in number ; but several of the twelve Medi- tations are the rudimentary forms of compositions after- wards inserted among the Essays . The next edition that has been discovered is dated ...
... stand in these three first editions , are only ten in number ; but several of the twelve Medi- tations are the rudimentary forms of compositions after- wards inserted among the Essays . The next edition that has been discovered is dated ...
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... stand in Bacon's last and most com- * Two Italian translations bearing this title had already ap- peared , one in 1618 ( by Mr. Toby Matthew ) , the other in 1621 . A French translation had also been published at London in 1619 , under ...
... stand in Bacon's last and most com- * Two Italian translations bearing this title had already ap- peared , one in 1618 ( by Mr. Toby Matthew ) , the other in 1621 . A French translation had also been published at London in 1619 , under ...
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... stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure , as with poets , nor for advantage , as with the merchant , but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell : this same Truth is a naked ...
... stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure , as with poets , nor for advantage , as with the merchant , but for the lie's sake . But I cannot tell : this same Truth is a naked ...
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... 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 pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage - ground ...
... 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 pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage - ground ...
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... stand- ing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfal , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing . In the dis- charge of thy place set before thee the best examples ; for imita- tion is a globe of precepts ; and after ...
... stand- ing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfal , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing . In the dis- charge of thy place set before thee the best examples ; for imita- tion is a globe of precepts ; and after ...
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