Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... Ancient Pistol ) ' prithee deliver them like a man of this world . ' Again : Thus to the ancient , well - known logic , which we might call the logic of identity , and which has for its axiom , A thing can never be the contrary of that ...
... Ancient Pistol ) ' prithee deliver them like a man of this world . ' Again : Thus to the ancient , well - known logic , which we might call the logic of identity , and which has for its axiom , A thing can never be the contrary of that ...
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... ancient shield which had been found by the antiquary Martinus Scriblerus , and which he highly prized , incrusted as it was with venerable rust . He mused on the splendid appearance it must have had in its bright newness ; till , one ...
... ancient shield which had been found by the antiquary Martinus Scriblerus , and which he highly prized , incrusted as it was with venerable rust . He mused on the splendid appearance it must have had in its bright newness ; till , one ...
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... ancient Romans prepared birdlime for catching birds from the misselto thus propagated . Now this account of the plant , which has long since been universally admitted , Bacon rejects as a vulgar error , and insists on it that misselto ...
... ancient Romans prepared birdlime for catching birds from the misselto thus propagated . Now this account of the plant , which has long since been universally admitted , Bacon rejects as a vulgar error , and insists on it that misselto ...
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... ancients . But it is not the only difficulty and labour ich men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts ; that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt love ...
... ancients . But it is not the only difficulty and labour ich men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts ; that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt love ...
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... ancient and modern Pagans believing in the extravagances of their Mythology : and the millions who believe in the pretensions of Mahomet : and the millions of Christians who believe in the Legends of Saints ; besides Mormonites ...
... ancient and modern Pagans believing in the extravagances of their Mythology : and the millions who believe in the pretensions of Mahomet : and the millions of Christians who believe in the Legends of Saints ; besides Mormonites ...
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