Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... ESSAY has been considerably changed in its application since the days of Bacon . By an Essay was origi- nally meant - according to the obvious and natural sense of the word — a slight sketch , to be filled up by the reader ; brief hints ...
... ESSAY has been considerably changed in its application since the days of Bacon . By an Essay was origi- nally meant - according to the obvious and natural sense of the word — a slight sketch , to be filled up by the reader ; brief hints ...
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... Essay , our ancestors called a treatise , tractate , dissertation , or discourse . But the more unpretending title of Essay ' has in great measure superseded those others which were formerly in use , and more strictly appropriate . I ...
... Essay , our ancestors called a treatise , tractate , dissertation , or discourse . But the more unpretending title of Essay ' has in great measure superseded those others which were formerly in use , and more strictly appropriate . I ...
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Francis Bacon. ESSAY I. OF TRUTH • CONTENTS . II . OF DEATH • III . OF UNITY IN RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE V. OF ADVERSITY VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN · VIII ... ESSAY XXVIII . OF EXPENSE • XXIX . OF THE.
Francis Bacon. ESSAY I. OF TRUTH • CONTENTS . II . OF DEATH • III . OF UNITY IN RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE V. OF ADVERSITY VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN · VIII ... ESSAY XXVIII . OF EXPENSE • XXIX . OF THE.
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... FAME . THE PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE · 329 348 354 368 377 392 · 403 410 • 414 · 418 • 423 • 437 442 449 459 461 463 468 477 · 493 498 501 544 551 · 555 • 568 • 573 582 591 597 604 608 BACON'S ESSAYS . 6 WHAT ESSAY I. OF TRUTH . xxiv CONTENTS .
... FAME . THE PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE · 329 348 354 368 377 392 · 403 410 • 414 · 418 • 423 • 437 442 449 459 461 463 468 477 · 493 498 501 544 551 · 555 • 568 • 573 582 591 597 604 608 BACON'S ESSAYS . 6 WHAT ESSAY I. OF TRUTH . xxiv CONTENTS .
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Francis Bacon. BACON'S ESSAYS . 6 WHAT ESSAY I. OF TRUTH . THAT is truth ? ' said jesting Pilate , and would not stay for an answer . Certainly there be that delight in giddiness , and count it a bondage to fix a belief - affecting 1 ...
Francis Bacon. BACON'S ESSAYS . 6 WHAT ESSAY I. OF TRUTH . THAT is truth ? ' said jesting Pilate , and would not stay for an answer . Certainly there be that delight in giddiness , and count it a bondage to fix a belief - affecting 1 ...
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