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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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Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the
New ; which carrieth the greater Benediction , and the Clearer Revelation of
Gods Favour , Yet , even in the old Testament , if you Listen to Davids Harpe , you
...
Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the
New ; which carrieth the greater Benediction , and the Clearer Revelation of
Gods Favour , Yet , even in the old Testament , if you Listen to Davids Harpe , you
...
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The Rising unto Place is Laborious ; And by Paines Men come to greater Paines ;
And it is sometimes base ; And by Indignities , Men come to Dignities . The
standing is slippery , and the Regresse , is either a downefall , or at least an
Eclipse ...
The Rising unto Place is Laborious ; And by Paines Men come to greater Paines ;
And it is sometimes base ; And by Indignities , Men come to Dignities . The
standing is slippery , and the Regresse , is either a downefall , or at least an
Eclipse ...
Page 58
their owne Good : Nor yet by this ; whether the Griefes , wherupon they rise , be in
fact , great or small : For they are the most dangerous Discontentments , where
the Feare is greater then the Feeling . Dolendi Modus , Timendi non item .
their owne Good : Nor yet by this ; whether the Griefes , wherupon they rise , be in
fact , great or small : For they are the most dangerous Discontentments , where
the Feare is greater then the Feeling . Dolendi Modus , Timendi non item .
Page 59
Neither is the Population , to be reckoned , onely by number : For a smaller
Number , that spend more , and earne lesse , doe weare out an Estate , sooner
then a greater Number , that live lower , and gather more . Therefore the
Multiplying of ...
Neither is the Population , to be reckoned , onely by number : For a smaller
Number , that spend more , and earne lesse , doe weare out an Estate , sooner
then a greater Number , that live lower , and gather more . Therefore the
Multiplying of ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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