Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... character , and proper office , of Proverbs . ' Considering that Proverbs have been current in all ages and 1 There is appended to Prof. Sullivan's Spelling - book superseded , a collection ( which is also published separate ) of ...
... character , and proper office , of Proverbs . ' Considering that Proverbs have been current in all ages and 1 There is appended to Prof. Sullivan's Spelling - book superseded , a collection ( which is also published separate ) of ...
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... character of Bacon's greater works , and of the mistakes - which are not few or unimportant —that prevail respecting them , would be altogether unsuited to this Work . But it may be worth while to introduce two brief remarks on that ...
... character of Bacon's greater works , and of the mistakes - which are not few or unimportant —that prevail respecting them , would be altogether unsuited to this Work . But it may be worth while to introduce two brief remarks on that ...
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... character and conduct . It was there that his strength lay ; and in that department of philosophy it may safely be said that he had few to equal , and none to excel him . In several instances I have treated of subjects respecting which ...
... character and conduct . It was there that his strength lay ; and in that department of philosophy it may safely be said that he had few to equal , and none to excel him . In several instances I have treated of subjects respecting which ...
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... character , if he meet with a statement of something he was already convinced of , will deride it as a truism not worth mentioning ; while anything that is new to him he will censure as an extravagant paradox . For ' you must think this ...
... character , if he meet with a statement of something he was already convinced of , will deride it as a truism not worth mentioning ; while anything that is new to him he will censure as an extravagant paradox . For ' you must think this ...
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... character of inconsistency -the love of novelty - the dread of innovation — undue deference to human authority - the love of approbation , and the dread of censure - regard to seeming expediency . The greatest of all these obstacles to ...
... character of inconsistency -the love of novelty - the dread of innovation — undue deference to human authority - the love of approbation , and the dread of censure - regard to seeming expediency . The greatest of all these obstacles to ...
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