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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... inquiry and investigation , agreeable to his own me- thod , in certain subjects ; selecting such especially as are of the noblest order , and most widely differing from one another , that instances of every sort might not be wanting ...
... inquiry and investigation , agreeable to his own me- thod , in certain subjects ; selecting such especially as are of the noblest order , and most widely differing from one another , that instances of every sort might not be wanting ...
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... inquiry , which the author first invented and applied . But this he despaired of being able to accomplish ; and the learned of all countries from his days have been only labouring some separate or lesser parts of this amazing edifice ...
... inquiry , which the author first invented and applied . But this he despaired of being able to accomplish ; and the learned of all countries from his days have been only labouring some separate or lesser parts of this amazing edifice ...
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... to be lightly passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light , where- 66 66 66 66 by he may reveal unto himself Book I. ] Of the Advancement of Learning . 9.
... to be lightly passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light , where- 66 66 66 66 by he may reveal unto himself Book I. ] Of the Advancement of Learning . 9.
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... inquiry of the divine truth , their pride inclined to leave the oracle of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own inventions ; so in the inquisition of nature , they ever left the oracle of God's works , and adored the ...
... inquiry of the divine truth , their pride inclined to leave the oracle of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own inventions ; so in the inquisition of nature , they ever left the oracle of God's works , and adored the ...
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... inquiry or meditation upon mat- ters mechanical , except they be such as may be thought secrets , rarities , and special subtilties ; which humour of vain and supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato ; where he brings in ...
... inquiry or meditation upon mat- ters mechanical , except they be such as may be thought secrets , rarities , and special subtilties ; which humour of vain and supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato ; where he brings in ...
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