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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... light . I have yet another reason for enlarging this ac- count beyond the ordinary limits . Our author's let- ters are written , many of them at least , on public occasions , and may be considered as the most au- thentic vouchers for ...
... light . I have yet another reason for enlarging this ac- count beyond the ordinary limits . Our author's let- ters are written , many of them at least , on public occasions , and may be considered as the most au- thentic vouchers for ...
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... unaccountable . Car , in four or five years of light , p.89 . favour , from a mere adventurer was raised to be earl brought to of Somerset : and amassed an enormous estate of nineteen xxvi The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
... unaccountable . Car , in four or five years of light , p.89 . favour , from a mere adventurer was raised to be earl brought to of Somerset : and amassed an enormous estate of nineteen xxvi The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
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... light on this dark transaction ; though not enough perhaps to discover the darker motives that influenced the king's and the earl's behaviour in it . James himself selected certain persons to examine Somerset with all secrecy , and ...
... light on this dark transaction ; though not enough perhaps to discover the darker motives that influenced the king's and the earl's behaviour in it . James himself selected certain persons to examine Somerset with all secrecy , and ...
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... lights and embellishments of imagina- tion , the grace and harmony of style , are rejected here , as beauties either superfluous , or of an inferior nature . The author has , besides , made use of several terms in a new and peculiar ...
... lights and embellishments of imagina- tion , the grace and harmony of style , are rejected here , as beauties either superfluous , or of an inferior nature . The author has , besides , made use of several terms in a new and peculiar ...
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... lights , to be sure that no contradictory instances can be brought , some portion of useful truth , leading on to further discoveries , may be at last fairly deduced . In this way , experiments and reasonings grow up together , to ...
... lights , to be sure that no contradictory instances can be brought , some portion of useful truth , leading on to further discoveries , may be at last fairly deduced . In this way , experiments and reasonings grow up together , to ...
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