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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... virtue and fortune , I have been touched , yea , and possessed with an extreme wonder at those your virtues and faculties , which the philosophers call intellectual : the largeness of your capacity , the faithfulness of your memory ...
... virtue and fortune , I have been touched , yea , and possessed with an extreme wonder at those your virtues and faculties , which the philosophers call intellectual : the largeness of your capacity , the faithfulness of your memory ...
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... virtue with your fortune ; a virtuous disposition with a fortunate regi- ment ; a virtuous expectation , when time was , of your greater fortune , with a prosperous possession . thereof in the due time ; a virtuous observation of the צר ...
... virtue with your fortune ; a virtuous disposition with a fortunate regi- ment ; a virtuous expectation , when time was , of your greater fortune , with a prosperous possession . thereof in the due time ; a virtuous observation of the צר ...
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... , it hath rather a sounding and unworthy glory , than a meriting and substantial virtue . And as for that censure of Solo- mon , concerning the excess of writing and reading books Of the Advancement of Learning . [ Book I.
... , it hath rather a sounding and unworthy glory , than a meriting and substantial virtue . And as for that censure of Solo- mon , concerning the excess of writing and reading books Of the Advancement of Learning . [ Book I.
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... virtues ; yet on the other side , to recompense that , they are perfect in those same plain grounds of religion , justice , ho- nour , and moral virtue , which if they be well and watchfully pursued , there will be seldom use of those ...
... virtues ; yet on the other side , to recompense that , they are perfect in those same plain grounds of religion , justice , ho- nour , and moral virtue , which if they be well and watchfully pursued , there will be seldom use of those ...
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... virtues and powers . And so much touching the point of manners of learned men . But in the mean time I have no purpose to give allowance to some conditions and courses base and unworthy , wherein divers professors of learning have ...
... virtues and powers . And so much touching the point of manners of learned men . But in the mean time I have no purpose to give allowance to some conditions and courses base and unworthy , wherein divers professors of learning have ...
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