The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1819 |
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... doubt , into these sentiments by a severe conviction , in his own per- son , of the instability and emptiness of all human grandeur . An . 1622 . Hitherto we have followed him through the bustle and obliquity of business . We shall find ...
... doubt , into these sentiments by a severe conviction , in his own per- son , of the instability and emptiness of all human grandeur . An . 1622 . Hitherto we have followed him through the bustle and obliquity of business . We shall find ...
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... doubt . * It is but too strongly confirmed to us by some unusual ex- pressions in his letters to king James ; where we find him pouring out his heart in complaints and suppli- cations of such a strain , as every one who reveres his * It ...
... doubt . * It is but too strongly confirmed to us by some unusual ex- pressions in his letters to king James ; where we find him pouring out his heart in complaints and suppli- cations of such a strain , as every one who reveres his * It ...
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... doubt that learning will expulse business ; but ra- ther it will keep and defend the possession of the mind against idleness and pleasure , which otherwise at unawares may enter , to the prejudice of both , Again , for that other ...
... doubt that learning will expulse business ; but ra- ther it will keep and defend the possession of the mind against idleness and pleasure , which otherwise at unawares may enter , to the prejudice of both , Again , for that other ...
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... doubt there be amongst them , as in other professions , of all tempe- ratures ; but yet so as it is not without truth , which is said , that abeunt studia in mores , studies have an influence and operation upon the manners of those that ...
... doubt there be amongst them , as in other professions , of all tempe- ratures ; but yet so as it is not without truth , which is said , that abeunt studia in mores , studies have an influence and operation upon the manners of those that ...
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... doubt , many may be well seen in the passages of government and policy , which are to seek in little and punctual occasions . I refer them also to that which Plato said of his master Socrates , whom he compared to the gally pots of ...
... doubt , many may be well seen in the passages of government and policy , which are to seek in little and punctual occasions . I refer them also to that which Plato said of his master Socrates , whom he compared to the gally pots of ...
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