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The one is , when the Matter of the Point controverted , is too small and light , not
worth the Heat , and Strife about it , kindled onely by Contradiction . For , as it is
noted by one of the Fathers ; Christs Coat , indeed , had no seame : But the ...
The one is , when the Matter of the Point controverted , is too small and light , not
worth the Heat , and Strife about it , kindled onely by Contradiction . For , as it is
noted by one of the Fathers ; Christs Coat , indeed , had no seame : But the ...
Page 18
For if a Man , have that Penetration of Iudgment , as he can discerne , what
Things are to be laid open , and what to be secretted , and what to be shewed at
Halfe lights , and to whom , and when , ( which indeed are Arts of State , and Arts
of ...
For if a Man , have that Penetration of Iudgment , as he can discerne , what
Things are to be laid open , and what to be secretted , and what to be shewed at
Halfe lights , and to whom , and when , ( which indeed are Arts of State , and Arts
of ...
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Unmarried Men are best Friends ; best Masters ; best Servants ; but not alwayes
best Subiects ; For they are light to runne away ; And almost all Fugitives are of
that Condition . A Single Life doth well with Church men : For Charity will hardly ...
Unmarried Men are best Friends ; best Masters ; best Servants ; but not alwayes
best Subiects ; For they are light to runne away ; And almost all Fugitives are of
that Condition . A Single Life doth well with Church men : For Charity will hardly ...
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... he that cannot possibly mend his owne case , will doe what he can to impaire
anothers ; Except these Defects light , upon a very brave , and Heroicall Nature ;
which thinketh to make his Naturall Wants , part of his Honour : In that it 30
Essayes.
... he that cannot possibly mend his owne case , will doe what he can to impaire
anothers ; Except these Defects light , upon a very brave , and Heroicall Nature ;
which thinketh to make his Naturall Wants , part of his Honour : In that it 30
Essayes.
Page 47
XIII Of Goodnesse and Goodnesse of Nature I TAKE Goodnesse in this Sense ,
the affecting T of the Weale of Men , which is that the Grecians call Philanthropia ;
And the word Humanitie ( as it is used ) is a little too light , to expresse it .
XIII Of Goodnesse and Goodnesse of Nature I TAKE Goodnesse in this Sense ,
the affecting T of the Weale of Men , which is that the Grecians call Philanthropia ;
And the word Humanitie ( as it is used ) is a little too light , to expresse it .
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| Title | Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil Golden treasury series |
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1868 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 May 2005 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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