Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... object of an Essay , properly so called - such as those of Bacon . A commentary to explain or correct , few writings need less : but they admit of , and call for , expansion and development . They are gold - ingots , not needing to be ...
... object of an Essay , properly so called - such as those of Bacon . A commentary to explain or correct , few writings need less : but they admit of , and call for , expansion and development . They are gold - ingots , not needing to be ...
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... object known . And what is known must be qualitatively known , inasmuch as we must conceive every object of which we are conscious , in the relation of a quality depending upon a substance . Moreover , this qualita- tively known object ...
... object known . And what is known must be qualitatively known , inasmuch as we must conceive every object of which we are conscious , in the relation of a quality depending upon a substance . Moreover , this qualita- tively known object ...
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... object was merely to elevate and surprise . ' Some knowledge of a portion of human nature was certainly possessed by that teacher of Rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian , whose constant admonition to his pupils was [ OKOTIσOV ] ' darken ...
... object was merely to elevate and surprise . ' Some knowledge of a portion of human nature was certainly possessed by that teacher of Rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian , whose constant admonition to his pupils was [ OKOTIσOV ] ' darken ...
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... objects before him , the wider horizon from the hill - top is utterly lost on him . In the tale of Sandford and Merton , where the two boys are described as amusing themselves with building a hovel , they lay poles horizontally on the ...
... objects before him , the wider horizon from the hill - top is utterly lost on him . In the tale of Sandford and Merton , where the two boys are described as amusing themselves with building a hovel , they lay poles horizontally on the ...
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... object , and misses it , is proved to be a bad marksman , whether the object itself be insignificant or not . But rarely , if ever , do we find any such failures in Bacon's speculations on human character and conduct . It was there that ...
... object , and misses it , is proved to be a bad marksman , whether the object itself be insignificant or not . But rarely , if ever , do we find any such failures in Bacon's speculations on human character and conduct . It was there that ...
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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