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" For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients ; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair... "
The Oxford English Prize Essays: A New Edition Brought Down to the Present Time - Page 287
1836
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients....in the entrance, but, after a while, fair and even ; so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients...other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after awhile fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients;...; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, hut after a while fair and even : so it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties,...
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...commonly spoken of by the ant.ients, of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after awhile fair and even. So it is in contemplations : if a man will begin in certainties, he shall end...
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A Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge

Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 786 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients...troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts ; but...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two * : so it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; hut if...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients...troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin, Volume 1

sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 568 pages
...commonly spoken of by the ancients ; of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable ; — the other rough and troublesome...in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplations : — if a man will begin in certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pages
...commonly spoken of by the ancients ; of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable ; — the other rough and troublesome...in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplations : — if a man will begin in certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ll sometimes account him a saint, when God accounteth...owned him for a saint. 33. His death makes not an end : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if...
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