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... commonly in use as ever , but with a change in their meaning , which makes them far more likely to mislead than those quite obsolete.1 In order to guard against the imputation of presumption in venturing to make additions to what Bacon ...
... commonly in use as ever , but with a change in their meaning , which makes them far more likely to mislead than those quite obsolete.1 In order to guard against the imputation of presumption in venturing to make additions to what Bacon ...
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... commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with which it is sometimes confounded ) of hypocritical profession . He who uses the word ' Christian ...
... commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with which it is sometimes confounded ) of hypocritical profession . He who uses the word ' Christian ...
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... commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . 1 As . That . See page 23 . 2So many evils could religion induce .'- Lucret . i . 95 . 3 Epicure . Epicurean ; a follower of Epicurus . ' Here he describeth the fury of the ...
... commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends . 1 As . That . See page 23 . 2So many evils could religion induce .'- Lucret . i . 95 . 3 Epicure . Epicurean ; a follower of Epicurus . ' Here he describeth the fury of the ...
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... commonly happen that a man will thrive the better in the world from the honesty , frugality , and temperance which he may be practising from higher motives . And there is not even anything necessarily wrong in aiming at temporal ...
... commonly happen that a man will thrive the better in the world from the honesty , frugality , and temperance which he may be practising from higher motives . And there is not even anything necessarily wrong in aiming at temporal ...
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... commonly vain and credulous withal ; for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral ; and in this part it is good that a man's face ...
... commonly vain and credulous withal ; for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral ; and in this part it is good that a man's face ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word