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... Mr. Hobbes was presently to write it downe , and his Lo ” . was wont to say that
he did it better than any one els about him ; for that many times , when he read
their notes he scarce understood what they writt , because they understood it not
...
... Mr. Hobbes was presently to write it downe , and his Lo ” . was wont to say that
he did it better than any one els about him ; for that many times , when he read
their notes he scarce understood what they writt , because they understood it not
...
Page 3
... even by those , that practize it not , that cleare and Round dealing , is the
Honour of Mans Nature ; And that Mixture of Falshood , is like Allay in Coyne of
Gold and Silver ; which may make the Metall worke the better , but it embaseth it .
... even by those , that practize it not , that cleare and Round dealing , is the
Honour of Mans Nature ; And that Mixture of Falshood , is like Allay in Coyne of
Gold and Silver ; which may make the Metall worke the better , but it embaseth it .
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Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. is as Stoikes bestowed too much cost upon
Death , and by their great preparations , made it appeare more fearefull . Better
saith he , Qui Finem Vitæ extremum inter Munera ponat Natura . It is as Naturall
to ...
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. is as Stoikes bestowed too much cost upon
Death , and by their great preparations , made it appeare more fearefull . Better
saith he , Qui Finem Vitæ extremum inter Munera ponat Natura . It is as Naturall
to ...
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And certainly , it is little better , when Atheists , and prophane Persons , do heare
of so many Discordant , and Contrary Opinions in Religion ; It doth avert them
from the Church , and maketh them , To sit downe in the chaire of the Scorners .
And certainly , it is little better , when Atheists , and prophane Persons , do heare
of so many Discordant , and Contrary Opinions in Religion ; It doth avert them
from the Church , and maketh them , To sit downe in the chaire of the Scorners .
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It was great Blasphemy , when the Devill said ; I will ascend , and be like the
Highest ; But it is greater Blasphemy , to personate God , and bring him in saying
; I will descend , and be like the Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to
make ...
It was great Blasphemy , when the Devill said ; I will ascend , and be like the
Highest ; But it is greater Blasphemy , to personate God , and bring him in saying
; I will descend , and be like the Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to
make ...
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| Title | Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil Golden treasury series |
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1879 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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