Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... philosophical reasoning by which he hoped to make knowledge " sure and fruitful " for all gene- rations . His works will divide into the philosophical , scientific , moral , and historical . Philosophi- cal System . Bacon has given his ...
... philosophical reasoning by which he hoped to make knowledge " sure and fruitful " for all gene- rations . His works will divide into the philosophical , scientific , moral , and historical . Philosophi- cal System . Bacon has given his ...
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... philosophical search for truth which may be said to have been the passion of Bacon's life . 66 In style the Essays are concise and polished . The deep learning of the writer is apparent , but never forced upon us ; and the shrewd ...
... philosophical search for truth which may be said to have been the passion of Bacon's life . 66 In style the Essays are concise and polished . The deep learning of the writer is apparent , but never forced upon us ; and the shrewd ...
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... Philosophical prose of the period is represented by Shaftes bury's Characteristics ( 1711 ) , essays on men , manners , opinions , and times ; Bolingbroke's Letters on Patriotism and Philosophi- Idea of a Patriot King ( 1749 ) ...
... Philosophical prose of the period is represented by Shaftes bury's Characteristics ( 1711 ) , essays on men , manners , opinions , and times ; Bolingbroke's Letters on Patriotism and Philosophi- Idea of a Patriot King ( 1749 ) ...
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