Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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Page 33
... less worthy to ob- serve how little alteration in good spirits the approaches of death make . For they appear to be the same men till the last instant . Then follow some instances of the composure with which strong or well - balanced ...
... less worthy to ob- serve how little alteration in good spirits the approaches of death make . For they appear to be the same men till the last instant . Then follow some instances of the composure with which strong or well - balanced ...
Page 41
... less observed : both which times kindle love and make it more frequent , and therefore show it to be the child of folly . The subject of the Eleventh , which is entitled , ' Of Great Place , ' and which was also first published in the ...
... less observed : both which times kindle love and make it more frequent , and therefore show it to be the child of folly . The subject of the Eleventh , which is entitled , ' Of Great Place , ' and which was also first published in the ...
Page 44
... less ; and more ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than soon after , for bold- ness is an ill keeper of promise . Surely as there are mounte- banks for the natural body , so are there mountebanks for the politic ...
... less ; and more ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than soon after , for bold- ness is an ill keeper of promise . Surely as there are mounte- banks for the natural body , so are there mountebanks for the politic ...
Page 53
... less favoured . All this is true , if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation , and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the ...
... less favoured . All this is true , if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation , and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the ...
Page 56
... less . So that it is in truth of operation upon a man's mind of like virtue as the alchymists use to attribute to their stone for man's body , that it worketh all contrary effects , but still to the good and benefit of na- ture . The ...
... less . So that it is in truth of operation upon a man's mind of like virtue as the alchymists use to attribute to their stone for man's body , that it worketh all contrary effects , but still to the good and benefit of na- ture . The ...
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