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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... perfect plants without seed , 435 437 Of the seasons of several plants , 438 440 442 443 Of foreign plants , Of the lasting of plants , Of several figures of plants , Of some principal differences in plants , Of all manner of composts ...
... perfect plants without seed , 435 437 Of the seasons of several plants , 438 440 442 443 Of foreign plants , Of the lasting of plants , Of several figures of plants , Of some principal differences in plants , Of all manner of composts ...
Page xv
... perfect resignation to her pleasure ; but withal advised him to be his own keeper . His seem- ing repentance was of short duration ; for upon the queen's refusal to grant him the farm of sweet wines , which he had very imprudently ...
... perfect resignation to her pleasure ; but withal advised him to be his own keeper . His seem- ing repentance was of short duration ; for upon the queen's refusal to grant him the farm of sweet wines , which he had very imprudently ...
Page lii
... perfect model for the imitation of other monarchs : and as his was the reign of flattery , this quickly grew to be the pre- valent and fashionable opinion at court . Though in truth , that prince's character was , in every part lii The ...
... perfect model for the imitation of other monarchs : and as his was the reign of flattery , this quickly grew to be the pre- valent and fashionable opinion at court . Though in truth , that prince's character was , in every part lii The ...
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... perfect the great structure of the sciences . He was aware too , that even men of freer and more extensive notions , who relished his new logic , might be deterred from re- ducing it to practice , by the difficulties they would meet ...
... perfect the great structure of the sciences . He was aware too , that even men of freer and more extensive notions , who relished his new logic , might be deterred from re- ducing it to practice , by the difficulties they would meet ...
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... perfect knowledge , but wonder , which is broken knowledge . And therefore it was most aptly said by one of Plato's school , " That the sense of man " carrieth a resemblance with the sun , which , as we see , openeth and revealeth all ...
... perfect knowledge , but wonder , which is broken knowledge . And therefore it was most aptly said by one of Plato's school , " That the sense of man " carrieth a resemblance with the sun , which , as we see , openeth and revealeth all ...
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