Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1846 - Philosophers |
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... fortune . As for nobility in particular persons , it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay , or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath ...
... fortune . As for nobility in particular persons , it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay , or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect ; how much more to behold an ancient noble family , which hath ...
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... fortunes ) turn in their latter years to be superstitious and me- lancholy- -as did Alexauder the Great , Dioclesian , and , in our memory , Charles the Fifth , and others ; for he that is used to go forward , and findeth a stop ...
... fortunes ) turn in their latter years to be superstitious and me- lancholy- -as did Alexauder the Great , Dioclesian , and , in our memory , Charles the Fifth , and others ; for he that is used to go forward , and findeth a stop ...
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... fortune , whose wings they thought by their self - wisdom to have pinioned . The Twenty - fourth Essay , entitled ' Of Innovations , ' and first published in 1625 , we give entire : - As the births of living creatures at first are ill ...
... fortune , whose wings they thought by their self - wisdom to have pinioned . The Twenty - fourth Essay , entitled ' Of Innovations , ' and first published in 1625 , we give entire : - As the births of living creatures at first are ill ...
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... fortune , and thanks the time ; and he that is hurt , for a wrong , and imputeth it to the author . It is good also not to try experiments in states , except the necessity be urgent , or the utility evident ; and well to beware , that ...
... fortune , and thanks the time ; and he that is hurt , for a wrong , and imputeth it to the author . It is good also not to try experiments in states , except the necessity be urgent , or the utility evident ; and well to beware , that ...
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... fortune from that of their subjects and servants , cannot gather this fruit , except ( to make themselves capable thereof ) they raise some persons to be as it were com- panions , and almost equal to themselves , which many times ...
... fortune from that of their subjects and servants , cannot gather this fruit , except ( to make themselves capable thereof ) they raise some persons to be as it were com- panions , and almost equal to themselves , which many times ...
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