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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... speaking of , by what steps and gradations a spirit like Bacon's advanced in building up , for more than thirty years together , his new and universal theory . He thought him- self born for the use of human kind : and , in the letter ...
... speaking of , by what steps and gradations a spirit like Bacon's advanced in building up , for more than thirty years together , his new and universal theory . He thought him- self born for the use of human kind : and , in the letter ...
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... speak , betwixt Prerogative and Liberty ; that , if he did not encou- rage , he at least connived at , the invasions that were every day making into the latter . Yet this was against his inclination , as well as against his better sense ...
... speak , betwixt Prerogative and Liberty ; that , if he did not encou- rage , he at least connived at , the invasions that were every day making into the latter . Yet this was against his inclination , as well as against his better sense ...
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... to the superior abilities of the writer and pleader , of the philosopher and companion . In conversation he could assume the most differing cha- racters , and speak the language proper to each , Iviii The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
... to the superior abilities of the writer and pleader , of the philosopher and companion . In conversation he could assume the most differing cha- racters , and speak the language proper to each , Iviii The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
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... speak the language proper to each , with a facility that was perfectly natural ; or the dexterity of the habit concealed every appearance of art : a happy versatility of genius , which all men wish to arrive at , and one or two , once ...
... speak the language proper to each , with a facility that was perfectly natural ; or the dexterity of the habit concealed every appearance of art : a happy versatility of genius , which all men wish to arrive at , and one or two , once ...
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... speaking of , a reverence they no longer had for their God . The most abandoned among them , miscreants , familiar with crimes that humanity startles at , would yet , at the hazard of their lives , defend the immunities of a church , a ...
... speaking of , a reverence they no longer had for their God . The most abandoned among them , miscreants , familiar with crimes that humanity startles at , would yet , at the hazard of their lives , defend the immunities of a church , a ...
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