WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers... Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil - Page xiiiby Francis Bacon - 1868 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...anfwer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddinefs, and count it a Bondage to fix a Belief •, affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the Sects of Philofophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain difcourfing Wits, which are of the fame... | |
| Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 586 pages
...to hear, there gtill remains one speculative Infidel among us*. " « What is Truth ? said scoffing Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly, there be, that delight in giddiness, and who count it a bondage to fix a Belief; affecting Free-wiil in thinking, as well as... | |
| John Horne Tooke - English language - 1807 - 506 pages
...borne, and for to declare " to the worlde that who soo be of TROUTH wyll ( a ) See John xviii. 38. " What is truth ? said jesting Pilate; " and would not stay for an answer." Bacon's Essays. ( b ) Nichodemus was the patron apostle of our ancestors the Anglo-Saxons and their... | |
| Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 588 pages
...there still remains one speculative Infidel among us *. * « What is Truth ? said scoffing Pilate j and would not stay for an answer. Certainly, there be, that delight in giddiness, and who count it a bondage to fix a Beliefj affecting Free-will in thinking, as well as... | |
| Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...answer. Certainly there are many that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting freewill in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of Philosophers of that kind be gone ; yet there remain certain discoursing wits, who are of the same veins, though there be... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...Your Grace's most obliged And faithful servant, FR. ST. ALBAN. ESSAYS, CIVIL AND MORAL. OF Crutfc, WHAT is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not...for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting:... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...Vicissitude of Things 258 If & A Fragment of an Essay on Fame 268 ESSAYS, CIVIL AND MORAL. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate, and would not...for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration. " ~~* had been in many rtg»•.<. Crutl). \VHAT is Truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting.... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...lead your Grace by the hand. Your Grace's most obliged and faithful Servant, FR. ST. ALBAN. CrutD. is Truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting.... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...Your grace's most obliged and faithful servant, FRAN. ST. ALBAN. ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not...for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in... | |
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