Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page xxiii
... thought in another form . Throughout I have collated the Latin translation , and have given the results of the col- lation wherever it seemed to throw any light upon , or to contain anything which was not in the English Edi- tion . The ...
... thought in another form . Throughout I have collated the Latin translation , and have given the results of the col- lation wherever it seemed to throw any light upon , or to contain anything which was not in the English Edi- tion . The ...
Page xxvii
... thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to your Grace , to prefix your Name before them , both in English , and in Latine . For I doe conceiue , that the xxviii The Epistle Bedicatorie Latine Volume of them , (
... thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to your Grace , to prefix your Name before them , both in English , and in Latine . For I doe conceiue , that the xxviii The Epistle Bedicatorie Latine Volume of them , (
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... Thoughts ; that doth bring Lies in favour : But a naturall , though corrupt Love , of the Lie it selfe . One of the later Schoole of the Grecians , examin- eth the matter , and is at a stand , to thinke what should be in it , that men ...
... Thoughts ; that doth bring Lies in favour : But a naturall , though corrupt Love , of the Lie it selfe . One of the later Schoole of the Grecians , examin- eth the matter , and is at a stand , to thinke what should be in it , that men ...
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... thought the Case indeed , required Dissimulation , if then they used it , it came to passe , that the former Opinion , spred abroad of their good Faith , and Clearnesse of dealing , made them almost Invisible . There be three degrees ...
... thought the Case indeed , required Dissimulation , if then they used it , it came to passe , that the former Opinion , spred abroad of their good Faith , and Clearnesse of dealing , made them almost Invisible . There be three degrees ...
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... thought . And there- fore , it is a good shrewd Proverbe of the Span- iard ; Tell a lye , and finde a Troth . As if there were no way of Discovery , but by Simulation . There be also three Disadvantages , to set it even . The first ...
... thought . And there- fore , it is a good shrewd Proverbe of the Span- iard ; Tell a lye , and finde a Troth . As if there were no way of Discovery , but by Simulation . There be also three Disadvantages , to set it even . The first ...
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