 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 862 pages
...done not only by Plato, who ever anchoreth upon that shore, but by Aristotle, Galen, and others, which do usually likewise fall upon these flats of discoursing causes. For to say that the hairs of the eye lids are for a quickset and fence about the sight ; or that the Jirmness of the shins and hides... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1862 - 708 pages
..." For to say [l'0en'JfS that the hairs of the eye-lid are for a quickset and fence about causes or the sight, or that the firmness of the skins and hides...defend them from the extremities of heat or cold, . . . arid the like, is well inquired and collected in Metaphysic, but in Physic is impertinent. Nay,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 528 pages
...others,- who also very frequently strike upon these shallows. For to introduce such causes as these, " that the hairs of the eyelids are for a quickset and...creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heat and cold ; " or " that the bones are for column's or beams, whereupon the frames of the bodies of living... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 526 pages
...others, who also very frequently strike upon these shallows. For to introduce such causes as these, " that the hairs of the eyelids are for a quickset and...hides of living creatures is to defend them from the extremo ities of heat and cold ; " or " that the bones are for columns or beams, whereupon the frames... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 pages
...done not only by Plato, who ever anchoreth upon that shore, but by Aristotle, Galen, and others, which do usually likewise fall upon these flats of discoursing...that the hairs of the eye-lids are for a quickset 1 ie neither confined to particular methods, nor liable to be defeated by accidental obstructions.... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - 1870 - 372 pages
...discoveries (such as, notably, the employment of Final Causes in physical enquiries, are the following : ' The hairs of the eye-lids are for a quickset and fence about the sight; the firmness of the skins and hides of living creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heat... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1873 - 744 pages
...flats." "For to say {{J^ffi that the hairs of the eye-lid are for a quickset and fence about causes or the sight, or that the firmness of the skins and hides of living a ' creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heat or cold, . . . and the like, is well inquired... | |
 | James Hinton - 1875 - 294 pages
...Bacon addressed to the men of his age, and may feel, perhaps, that it is even yet not out of date : — 'To say that the hairs of the eyelids are for a quickset...creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heat and cold ; or that the bones are for the columns, or beams, whereupon the frame of the bodies of living... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pages
...done not only by Plato, who ever anchoreth upon that shore, but by Aristotle, Galen, and others which do usually likewise fall upon -these flats of discoursing...creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heal or cold ; or that the bones are for the columns or beams, whereupon the frames of the bodies of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...done not only by Plato, who ever anchoreth upor that shore, but by Aristotle, Galen, and others, which do usually likewise fall upon these flats of discoursing...extremities of heat or cold ; or, that the bones are foi the columns or beams, whereupon the frame of the bodies of living creatures are built ; or, that... | |
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For to say that the hairs of the eye-lids are for a quickset and fence about the sight ; or that the firmness of the skins and hides of living creatures is to defend them from the extremities of heat or cold ; or that the bones are for the columns or... 
