Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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... himselfe , what the Paine is , if he have but his Fingers end Pressed , or Tortured ; And thereby imagine , what the ... him , that spake onely as a Philosopher , and Naturall Man , it was well said ; Pompa Mortis magis terret , quàm ...
... himselfe , what the Paine is , if he have but his Fingers end Pressed , or Tortured ; And thereby imagine , what the ... him , that spake onely as a Philosopher , and Naturall Man , it was well said ; Pompa Mortis magis terret , quàm ...
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... him , that can winne the combat of him . Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Griefe flieth to it ; Feare pre - occupateth it ; Nay we reade , after Otho the Emperour had slaine himselfe , Pitty ...
... him , that can winne the combat of him . Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Griefe flieth to it ; Feare pre - occupateth it ; Nay we reade , after Otho the Emperour had slaine himselfe , Pitty ...
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... himselfe , were in the two crosse Clauses thereof , soundly and plainly expounded ; He that is not with us , is against us : And againe ; He that is not against us , is with us : That is , if the Points Fundamentall and of Sub- stance ...
... himselfe , were in the two crosse Clauses thereof , soundly and plainly expounded ; He that is not with us , is against us : And againe ; He that is not against us , is with us : That is , if the Points Fundamentall and of Sub- stance ...
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... himselfe , that those which so differ , meane one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree . And if it come so to passe , in that distance of Iudgement , which is betweene Man and Man ; Shall wee not thinke , that God above ...
... himselfe , that those which so differ , meane one thing , and yet they themselves would never agree . And if it come so to passe , in that distance of Iudgement , which is betweene Man and Man ; Shall wee not thinke , that God above ...
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... himselfe , Profit , or Pleasure , or Honour , or the like . Therfore why should I be angry with a Man , for loving himselfe better then mee ? And if any Man should doe wrong , meerely out of ill nature , why ? yet it is but like the ...
... himselfe , Profit , or Pleasure , or Honour , or the like . Therfore why should I be angry with a Man , for loving himselfe better then mee ? And if any Man should doe wrong , meerely out of ill nature , why ? yet it is but like the ...
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