Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page viii
... passe had beene to aduēture the wrong they mought receive by untrue Coppies , or by some garnishment , which it mought please any that should set them forth to bestow upon them . Therefore I helde it best discreation to publish them my ...
... passe had beene to aduēture the wrong they mought receive by untrue Coppies , or by some garnishment , which it mought please any that should set them forth to bestow upon them . Therefore I helde it best discreation to publish them my ...
Page 3
... passe from Theologicall , and Philosophi- call Truth , to the Truth of civill Businesse ; It will be acknowledged , even by those , that prac- tize it not , that cleare and Round dealing , is the Honour of Mans Nature ; And that Mixture ...
... passe from Theologicall , and Philosophi- call Truth , to the Truth of civill Businesse ; It will be acknowledged , even by those , that prac- tize it not , that cleare and Round dealing , is the Honour of Mans Nature ; And that Mixture ...
Page 9
... passe , that one saith , Ecce in Deserto ; Another saith , Ecce in penetralibus ; That is , when some Men seeke Christ , in the Conventicles of Heretikes , and others , in an Outward Face of a Church , that voice had need continually to ...
... passe , that one saith , Ecce in Deserto ; Another saith , Ecce in penetralibus ; That is , when some Men seeke Christ , in the Conventicles of Heretikes , and others , in an Outward Face of a Church , that voice had need continually to ...
Page 11
... passe , in that distance of Iudgement , which is betweene Man and Man ; Shall wee not thinke , that God above , that knowes the Heart , doth not discerne , that fraile Men , in some of their Contradictions , intend the same thing ; and ...
... passe , in that distance of Iudgement , which is betweene Man and Man ; Shall wee not thinke , that God above , that knowes the Heart , doth not discerne , that fraile Men , in some of their Contradictions , intend the same thing ; and ...
Page 14
... passe by an offence . which is past , is gone , and Irrevocable ; And wise Men have Enough to doe , with things pre- sent , and to come : Therefore , they doe but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man ...
... passe by an offence . which is past , is gone , and Irrevocable ; And wise Men have Enough to doe , with things pre- sent , and to come : Therefore , they doe but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man ...
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