The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1889 |
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... less worthy to be had in honour than the heroical descriptions of virtue , goodness , and felicity , whereon so much labour has been spent . Wherefore I will divide moral knowledge into two principal parts ; the one " the Exemplar or ...
... less worthy to be had in honour than the heroical descriptions of virtue , goodness , and felicity , whereon so much labour has been spent . Wherefore I will divide moral knowledge into two principal parts ; the one " the Exemplar or ...
Page 6
... less prolix , and more profound ; which being by them in part omitted , and in part handled with much confusion , I will briefly resume ; and endeavour to open and cleanse the fountains of morality , before I come to the knowledge of ...
... less prolix , and more profound ; which being by them in part omitted , and in part handled with much confusion , I will briefly resume ; and endeavour to open and cleanse the fountains of morality , before I come to the knowledge of ...
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... less , to raise the same to a higher nature is the greater . For in all things there are some nobler natures to the dignity and excellence whereof inferior natures aspire as to their sources and origins . So it was not unfitly said of ...
... less , to raise the same to a higher nature is the greater . For in all things there are some nobler natures to the dignity and excellence whereof inferior natures aspire as to their sources and origins . So it was not unfitly said of ...
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... less perceive and understand the plenitude of the power of a king , and the ultimities ( as the schoolmen say ) of regal rights , than the circle and bounds of his office and duty . Thus have I pre- sumed to allege this excellent ...
... less perceive and understand the plenitude of the power of a king , and the ultimities ( as the schoolmen say ) of regal rights , than the circle and bounds of his office and duty . Thus have I pre- sumed to allege this excellent ...
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... less useful , " Not to contend with one that is unworthy ; " for herein the chances are altogether unequal ; seeing it is no victory to con- quer , and a great disgrace to be conquered . And it makes no difference in this kind of ...
... less useful , " Not to contend with one that is unworthy ; " for herein the chances are altogether unequal ; seeing it is no victory to con- quer , and a great disgrace to be conquered . And it makes no difference in this kind of ...
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