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" ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on... "
Man Primeval: Or, The Constitution and Primitive Condition of the Human ... - Page 294
by John Harris - 1854 - 480 pages
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Cowper: The task, with Tirocinium, and selections from the minor poems, A.D ...

William Cowper - 1875 - 340 pages
...Cp. St. Luke xiii. 2-5. 1. 174. Cp. Bk. 1.712. 1. 1 76. Cp. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, Bk. i : ' In the entrance of Philosophy, when the second causes,...oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory...
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Bacon: The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pages
...of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion?] For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence, then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pages
...of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and sceth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passcth on further, and secth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence ; then, according...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of providence ; then, according to the allegory...
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Studies in the Creative Week

George Dana Boardman - 1880 - 356 pages
...man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion • for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence, then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that...
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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For, in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 324 pages
...of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes,...oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and sceth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...
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Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 6

1881 - 672 pages
...about the feet of God,' comes from the ' Iliad ' (VIII, 19), read by the light of Bacon's words, ' when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe...
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Science and Sentiment: With Other Papers, Chiefly Philosophical

Noah Porter - 1882 - 528 pages
...mind to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for on the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes...themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay in them, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause : but when a man passeth on farther, and...
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