 | 1785 - 552 pages
...phyfical inveftigation. Lord Bacon has well obferved, " that one, who begins with certain" ties, Ihall end in doubts ; but if he will be " content to begin with doubts, he fhall end in " certainties."-}- The progrefs of fcience is ufually flow and gradual ; and... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 480 pages
...well established, he inferred their causes. Bacon well says, " that one who begins with certainties, shall end in doubts ; but, if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." THUS it has happened, that when any one has made a progress,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1816 - 340 pages
...commonly " spoken of by the ancients ; of which one was a " plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the " end impassable; the other rough and troublesome...the entrance, but after a while fair and even ; so " is it in contemplations ; if a man will begin in " certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients : the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the...in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 640 pages
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 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the Ancients. The one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the...in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he sliall end in certainties. ยป U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the Ancients. The one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the...in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the Ancients. The one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the...troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair audeveu; so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but... | |
 | 1821 - 398 pages
...commonly spoken of by the ancients : of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable : the other, rough and troublesome...entrance, but, after a while, fair and even : so it is in contemplations : if a man will begin in certainties, he shall end in doubts : but if he can be content... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...commonly spoken of by the ancienta : of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable : the other, rough and troublesome...entrance, but, after a while, fair and even : so it is in contemplations : if a man will begin in certainties, he shall end in doubts : but if he can be content... | |
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... if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 
