The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 2A. Hart, 1851 |
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... doubt , whether man's inquiry can attain unto it . But these three be the true stages of sciences ; and are , to men swelled up with their own knowledge , and a daring insolence to invade heaven , like the three hills of the giants ...
... doubt , whether man's inquiry can attain unto it . But these three be the true stages of sciences ; and are , to men swelled up with their own knowledge , and a daring insolence to invade heaven , like the three hills of the giants ...
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... doubt , will think many of the experiments contained in this collection , to be vulgar and trivial , mean and sordid , curious and fruitless : and therefore , he wisheth that they would have perpetually before their eyes what is now in ...
... doubt , will think many of the experiments contained in this collection , to be vulgar and trivial , mean and sordid , curious and fruitless : and therefore , he wisheth that they would have perpetually before their eyes what is now in ...
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... doubt , it is more nourishing , especially in age , or to them that have weak teeth ; but the butter is not so proper for weak bodies ; and therefore it were good to moisten it with a little claret wine , pill of lemon or orange , cut ...
... doubt , it is more nourishing , especially in age , or to them that have weak teeth ; but the butter is not so proper for weak bodies ; and therefore it were good to moisten it with a little claret wine , pill of lemon or orange , cut ...
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... doubt it will not succeed ; for besides that the virtue of opium will hardly penetrate through such a body as glass , I conceive that opium , and the like , make the spirits fly rather by malignity , than by cold . 75. Seventhly , the ...
... doubt it will not succeed ; for besides that the virtue of opium will hardly penetrate through such a body as glass , I conceive that opium , and the like , make the spirits fly rather by malignity , than by cold . 75. Seventhly , the ...
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... doubt , at first of juices concrete , which after- wards indurate : and so of porcelain , which is an artificial cement , buried in the earth a long time ; and so the making of brick and tile : also the making of glass of a certain sand ...
... doubt , at first of juices concrete , which after- wards indurate : and so of porcelain , which is an artificial cement , buried in the earth a long time ; and so the making of brick and tile : also the making of glass of a certain sand ...
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