The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumG. Bell and Sons, 1904 - 567 pages |
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... regard to their own character , they submitted to the judgment of the times , and the populace . And thus when any more sublime speculations happened to appear , they were commonly tossed and extinguished by the breath of popular ...
... regard to their own character , they submitted to the judgment of the times , and the populace . And thus when any more sublime speculations happened to appear , they were commonly tossed and extinguished by the breath of popular ...
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... regard is shown to opinions and moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a languid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author : as water rises no higher than the reservoir it falls ...
... regard is shown to opinions and moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a languid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author : as water rises no higher than the reservoir it falls ...
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... regard to the things we shall note as defective ; it will be our method to give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires ...
... regard to the things we shall note as defective ; it will be our method to give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires ...
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... regard works , and the active parts of the sciences , yet we wait for the time of harvest , and would not reap the blade for the ear . We are well aware that axioms , rightly framed , will draw after them whole sheaves of works : but ...
... regard works , and the active parts of the sciences , yet we wait for the time of harvest , and would not reap the blade for the ear . We are well aware that axioms , rightly framed , will draw after them whole sheaves of works : but ...
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... regard him rallying in his wounds one of his flatterers , who was wont to ascribe unto him Divine honour . " Look ... regards rhetoric , consider his rebuke of Antipater , an im- perious and tyrannous governor , when one of Antipater's ...
... regard him rallying in his wounds one of his flatterers , who was wont to ascribe unto him Divine honour . " Look ... regards rhetoric , consider his rebuke of Antipater , an im- perious and tyrannous governor , when one of Antipater's ...
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Page 567 - Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates. By JJ Bond. 5*. BONOMI'S Nineveh and its Palaces. 7 Plates and 294 Woodcut Illustrations. 5.?.
Page 68 - So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Page 32 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 567 - Man. 31. 6d. Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man. 5.?.
Page 45 - ... laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of...