The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen5Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... longevity . Certainly he belongs to the canine race , which is short - lived . 6. The camel is long - lived ; a lean , sinewy creature , which commonly reaches fifty and sometimes one hundred years . * 7. The horse lives only to a ...
... longevity . Certainly he belongs to the canine race , which is short - lived . 6. The camel is long - lived ; a lean , sinewy creature , which commonly reaches fifty and sometimes one hundred years . * 7. The horse lives only to a ...
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... longevity . Water - birds , as the swan , are carried on the water ; and all birds are carried as they fly , using however from time to time a strong exertion of the limbs . So also are fishes in swimming , but their length of life is ...
... longevity . Water - birds , as the swan , are carried on the water ; and all birds are carried as they fly , using however from time to time a strong exertion of the limbs . So also are fishes in swimming , but their length of life is ...
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... longevity be imputed to grace or the holy line . For of the patriarchs before the flood there are counted eleven generations , but of the sons of Adam by Cain only eight ; which would make Cain's descendants the more long - lived ...
... longevity be imputed to grace or the holy line . For of the patriarchs before the flood there are counted eleven generations , but of the sons of Adam by Cain only eight ; which would make Cain's descendants the more long - lived ...
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... longevity mentioned in heathen authors are not to be depended on ; both by reason of the fables , to which relations of this kind are very prone , and the fallacies in the calculations of years . In the accounts extant concern- ing the ...
... longevity mentioned in heathen authors are not to be depended on ; both by reason of the fables , to which relations of this kind are very prone , and the fallacies in the calculations of years . In the accounts extant concern- ing the ...
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... longevity . For in this year a census ( which gives the best and most trustworthy information as to the ages of men ) was taken , and in that portion of Italy which lies between the Apennines and the Po there were found 124 men who had ...
... longevity . For in this year a census ( which gives the best and most trustworthy information as to the ages of men ) was taken , and in that portion of Italy which lies between the Apennines and the Po there were found 124 men who had ...
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