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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... unto my mind , and beholding you not with the in- quisitive eye of presumption , to discover that which the Scripture telleth me is inscrutable , but with the observant eye of duty and admiration leaving aside the other parts of your ...
... unto my mind , and beholding you not with the in- quisitive eye of presumption , to discover that which the Scripture telleth me is inscrutable , but with the observant eye of duty and admiration leaving aside the other parts of your ...
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... unto your majesty a better oblation , than of some treatise tending to that end , whereof the sum will consist of these two parts ; the former , concern- ing the excellency of learning and knowledge , and the excellency of the merit and ...
... unto your majesty a better oblation , than of some treatise tending to that end , whereof the sum will consist of these two parts ; the former , concern- ing the excellency of learning and knowledge , and the excellency of the merit and ...
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... unto other creatures in paradise , as they were brought before him , according unto their proprieties , which gave the occasion to the fall ; but it was the proud knowledge of good and evil , with an intent in man to give law unto ...
... unto other creatures in paradise , as they were brought before him , according unto their proprieties , which gave the occasion to the fall ; but it was the proud knowledge of good and evil , with an intent in man to give law unto ...
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... unto that which he delivereth in another place : If I spake , saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tink- ling cymbal ; not but that it is an excellent thing to speak with the tongues of ...
... unto that which he delivereth in another place : If I spake , saith he , with the tongues of men and angels , and had not charity , it were but as a tink- ling cymbal ; not but that it is an excellent thing to speak with the tongues of ...
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... unto himself the nature or will of God , then indeed is he spoiled by vain philosophy : for the contemplation of God's creatures and works produceth ( having regard to the works and creatures themselves ) knowledge ; but , having regard ...
... unto himself the nature or will of God , then indeed is he spoiled by vain philosophy : for the contemplation of God's creatures and works produceth ( having regard to the works and creatures themselves ) knowledge ; but , having regard ...
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