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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... sides , Of the appetite of continuation in liquids , Of artificial springs , Of the venomous quality of man's flesh , Of turning air into water , 253 254 ibid . 255 Of helping or altering the shape of the body , 256 Of condensing of air ...
... sides , Of the appetite of continuation in liquids , Of artificial springs , Of the venomous quality of man's flesh , Of turning air into water , 253 254 ibid . 255 Of helping or altering the shape of the body , 256 Of condensing of air ...
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... side . Another age brought over the learned of all nations to his party . It may be justly wondered at , that the lord Keeper , a minister of great observation on men and things , should have sent his son to travel at the age of sixteen ...
... side . Another age brought over the learned of all nations to his party . It may be justly wondered at , that the lord Keeper , a minister of great observation on men and things , should have sent his son to travel at the age of sixteen ...
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... side , and to enlighten it in all its views . As the name of Sir Edward Coke will occur oftner than once in this history , and as he stood in particular competition to Bacon , I beg leave to dwell a little longer on his character . In ...
... side , and to enlighten it in all its views . As the name of Sir Edward Coke will occur oftner than once in this history , and as he stood in particular competition to Bacon , I beg leave to dwell a little longer on his character . In ...
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... side . Though it still remains doubtful whe- ther the ancients were so knowing as he attempts to shew they were , the variety and depth of his own knowledge are , in that very attempt , unquestionable . Hobart being advanced to the ...
... side . Though it still remains doubtful whe- ther the ancients were so knowing as he attempts to shew they were , the variety and depth of his own knowledge are , in that very attempt , unquestionable . Hobart being advanced to the ...
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... sides at once ; to go directly against his former opi- nion ; and to offer unasked his interest in the young lady's mother for promoting the match he had just CLXXXIV . been labouring to disappoint . On such trivial acci- dents do the ...
... sides at once ; to go directly against his former opi- nion ; and to offer unasked his interest in the young lady's mother for promoting the match he had just CLXXXIV . been labouring to disappoint . On such trivial acci- dents do the ...
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