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... hand to vary the form of expression whenever I have thought that the meaning could thereby be conveyed more clearly . In numberless cases indeed this has been done , I may say , on Bacon's own authority ; a large part of the De ...
... hand to vary the form of expression whenever I have thought that the meaning could thereby be conveyed more clearly . In numberless cases indeed this has been done , I may say , on Bacon's own authority ; a large part of the De ...
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... hand ; seeing that the matter at issue is either nothing , or a thing so great that it may well be content with its own merit , without seeking other recompence . EPISTLE DEDICATORY . TO OUR MOST GRACIOUS AND MIGHTY PRINCE 8 PROOEMIUM .
... hand ; seeing that the matter at issue is either nothing , or a thing so great that it may well be content with its own merit , without seeking other recompence . EPISTLE DEDICATORY . TO OUR MOST GRACIOUS AND MIGHTY PRINCE 8 PROOEMIUM .
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... hand ; namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things — in the gravity of your judgments , in the peacefulness of your reign , in the largeness of your heart , in the noble variety of the books which you have composed - would ...
... hand ; namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things — in the gravity of your judgments , in the peacefulness of your reign , in the largeness of your heart , in the noble variety of the books which you have composed - would ...
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... hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion to be held , but a work to be done ; and to be well assured that I am labouring to lay the foundation , not of any sect or doctrine , but of human utility and power . Next , I ask ...
... hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion to be held , but a work to be done ; and to be well assured that I am labouring to lay the foundation , not of any sect or doctrine , but of human utility and power . Next , I ask ...
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... hands . For although no one can doubt that things which agree in a middle term agree with one another ( which is a proposition of mathe- matical certainty ) , yet it leaves an opening for deception ; which is this . The syllogism ...
... hands . For although no one can doubt that things which agree in a middle term agree with one another ( which is a proposition of mathe- matical certainty ) , yet it leaves an opening for deception ; which is this . The syllogism ...
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