Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... unto nature is weak . Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of Mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he ...
... unto nature is weak . Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of Mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he ...
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... unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a single life , yet their thoughts do end with themselves , and account future times impertinencies . Nay , there are some others ...
... unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a single life , yet their thoughts do end with themselves , and account future times impertinencies . Nay , there are some others ...
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... unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains , and it is sometimes base ; and by indignities men come to dignities . The stand- ing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfal , or at least an eclipse , which ...
... unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains , and it is sometimes base ; and by indignities men come to dignities . The stand- ing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfal , or at least an eclipse , which ...
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... unto , are cannibals of their own hearts . But one thing is most admirable ( wherewith I will conclude this first - fruit of friendship ) , which is , that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects ...
... unto , are cannibals of their own hearts . But one thing is most admirable ( wherewith I will conclude this first - fruit of friendship ) , which is , that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects ...
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... unto varnish , that makes ceilings not only shine , but last . Excusations , cessions , modesty itself well governed , are but arts of ostentation . And amongst those arts there is none better than that which Plinius Secundus speaketh ...
... unto varnish , that makes ceilings not only shine , but last . Excusations , cessions , modesty itself well governed , are but arts of ostentation . And amongst those arts there is none better than that which Plinius Secundus speaketh ...
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