Bacon: His Writings and His PhilosophyGaunt, Incorporated, 2009 - 715 pages |
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Page 192
... rest , to assail , sap , and work into the constancy of Sir Robert Clif- ford , and to win him , if they could , being the man that knew most of their secrets , and who , being won away , would most appal and discourage the rest , and ...
... rest , to assail , sap , and work into the constancy of Sir Robert Clif- ford , and to win him , if they could , being the man that knew most of their secrets , and who , being won away , would most appal and discourage the rest , and ...
Page 272
... rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge , sometimes upon a natural curiosity , and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their ...
... rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge , sometimes upon a natural curiosity , and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their ...
Page 348
... rest : for the second , a man must frame some probable cause why he should not do his best , and why he should dis- semble his abilities ; and for that purpose must use to dissemble those abilities which are notorious in him , to give ...
... rest : for the second , a man must frame some probable cause why he should not do his best , and why he should dis- semble his abilities ; and for that purpose must use to dissemble those abilities which are notorious in him , to give ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
Moral Theological and Historical Works Section 1 Essays | 9 |
Wisdom of the Ancients | 89 |
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