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Therefore I helde it best discréation to publish them my selfe as they passed long
agoe from my pen , without any fur . ther disgrace , then the weaknesse of the
Author . And as I did euer hold , there mought be as great a vanitie in retiring and
...
Therefore I helde it best discréation to publish them my selfe as they passed long
agoe from my pen , without any fur . ther disgrace , then the weaknesse of the
Author . And as I did euer hold , there mought be as great a vanitie in retiring and
...
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There be three degrees , of this Hiding , and Vailing of a Mans Selfe . The first
Closenesse , Reservation , and Secrecy ; when a Man leaveth himselfe without
Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimulation ,
in ...
There be three degrees , of this Hiding , and Vailing of a Mans Selfe . The first
Closenesse , Reservation , and Secrecy ; when a Man leaveth himselfe without
Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimulation ,
in ...
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... absurd Silence , he must shew an Inclination , one way ; Or if he doe not , they
will gather as much by his Silence , as by his Speech . As for Equivocations , or
Oraculous Speeches , they cannot hold out long . So that no man can 20 Essayes
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... absurd Silence , he must shew an Inclination , one way ; Or if he doe not , they
will gather as much by his Silence , as by his Speech . As for Equivocations , or
Oraculous Speeches , they cannot hold out long . So that no man can 20 Essayes
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cannot hold out long . So that no man can be secret , except he give himselfe a
little Scope of Dissimulation ; which is , as it were , but the Skirts or Traine of
Secrecy . But for the third Degree , which is Simulation , and false Profession ;
That I ...
cannot hold out long . So that no man can be secret , except he give himselfe a
little Scope of Dissimulation ; which is , as it were , but the Skirts or Traine of
Secrecy . But for the third Degree , which is Simulation , and false Profession ;
That I ...
Page 45
... And perhaps have been Lucky , in two or three Experiments , but want the
Grounds of Science ; And therfore cannot hold out . Nay you shall see a Bold
Fellow , many times , doe Mahomets Miracle . Mahomet made the People
beleeve , that ...
... And perhaps have been Lucky , in two or three Experiments , but want the
Grounds of Science ; And therfore cannot hold out . Nay you shall see a Bold
Fellow , many times , doe Mahomets Miracle . Mahomet made the People
beleeve , that ...
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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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