The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1858 - English literature |
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Page 84
... perhaps whether he ought rather to laugh over them or to weep . For the Alchemist nurses eternal hope , and when the thing fails , lays the blame upon some error of his own ; fearing either that he has not sufficiently understood the ...
... perhaps whether he ought rather to laugh over them or to weep . For the Alchemist nurses eternal hope , and when the thing fails , lays the blame upon some error of his own ; fearing either that he has not sufficiently understood the ...
Page 99
... perhaps in an earthquake or in lightning , which as magnalia or marvels of nature , and by man not imitable , would have been immediately rejected . In the same way , if before the discovery of silk , any one had said that there was a ...
... perhaps in an earthquake or in lightning , which as magnalia or marvels of nature , and by man not imitable , would have been immediately rejected . In the same way , if before the discovery of silk , any one had said that there was a ...
Page 101
... perhaps again for want of observing that ink can be so thickened as to colour without running ( particularly when the letters face upwards and the impression is made from above ) — for want , I say , of observing these things , men went ...
... perhaps again for want of observing that ink can be so thickened as to colour without running ( particularly when the letters face upwards and the impression is made from above ) — for want , I say , of observing these things , men went ...
Page 105
... perhaps that are quite false ; which may make a man think that the foundations and principles upon which my discoveries rest are false and doubtful . But this is of no consequence ; for such things must needs happen at first . It is ...
... perhaps that are quite false ; which may make a man think that the foundations and principles upon which my discoveries rest are false and doubtful . But this is of no consequence ; for such things must needs happen at first . It is ...
Page 108
... perhaps more flourishing , though it made less noise , not having yet having passed into the pipes and trumpets of the Greeks ) , or even , in part at least , to some of the Greeks themselves ; and so gained for them both support and ...
... perhaps more flourishing , though it made less noise , not having yet having passed into the pipes and trumpets of the Greeks ) , or even , in part at least , to some of the Greeks themselves ; and so gained for them both support and ...
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