The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1Baynes and son, 1824 |
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Page xxi
... human nature . By exposing the errors and imperfections of our know- ledge , he led mankind into the only right way of sup- plying the one , and reforming the other : he taught them to know their wants . He even went farther , and ...
... human nature . By exposing the errors and imperfections of our know- ledge , he led mankind into the only right way of sup- plying the one , and reforming the other : he taught them to know their wants . He even went farther , and ...
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... human nature . Some of those gentlemen have acted at the bar as if they thought themselves , by the duty of their places , absolved from all the obligations of truth , honour , and decency . But their names are upon record ; and will be ...
... human nature . Some of those gentlemen have acted at the bar as if they thought themselves , by the duty of their places , absolved from all the obligations of truth , honour , and decency . But their names are upon record ; and will be ...
Page xxiv
... human nature ; and which , applied to him , were glaringly ridiculous . He had not one princely qua- lity . The arts of governing a kingdom in peace he either did not , or would not understand : and his horror of war was constitutional ...
... human nature ; and which , applied to him , were glaringly ridiculous . He had not one princely qua- lity . The arts of governing a kingdom in peace he either did not , or would not understand : and his horror of war was constitutional ...
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... human kind in exalting and adorning what it should neglect or con- temn . He drew up after him an obscure kindred , numerous and indigent , bestowed on them places of trust and profit , married them into the noblest families , and ...
... human kind in exalting and adorning what it should neglect or con- temn . He drew up after him an obscure kindred , numerous and indigent , bestowed on them places of trust and profit , married them into the noblest families , and ...
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... human life . This he proposed , by turning our attention from notions to things ; from those subtle and frivo- lous speculations that dazzle , not enlighten , the un- derstanding , to a sober and sensible investigation of the laws and ...
... human life . This he proposed , by turning our attention from notions to things ; from those subtle and frivo- lous speculations that dazzle , not enlighten , the un- derstanding , to a sober and sensible investigation of the laws and ...
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