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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ... - Page 23
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it maketh...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Ddty. LORD BACON. THE Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart,...it by rote to himself as that he would have, than * It is not unlikely that Pope had an eye to this passage when he penned the well-known lines: A little...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2

Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1814 - 582 pages
...credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth " essence, duly and eternally placed, ncc-d no God, than that an army of infinite small " portions,...this order and beauty without a •' divine marshal." ( I'.noonV Essays.) Whether Bacon's contempt for the Final Causes of the Aristotelians has not carried...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 560 pages
...and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infmite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal." (Bacon's Essays.) when he wrote, such and exclusion may have appeared necessary, as the only effectual...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it ; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it. For none deny there is a God, but those for whom it maketh...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it. For none deny there is a God, but those for whom it maketh...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...For it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutual elements, and one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed, need no God; than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can throughly believe it, or be persuaded of it. For none deny there is a God, but those for whom it maketh...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essenee, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should hare produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The scripture saith, " The fool hath...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...scripture saith, " The fool hath said in his heart, there is BO God;" it is not said, " The fool hath thought in his heart;" so as he rather saith it by...
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