The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen5Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... namely , how from innate pride and vain glory men have chosen those subjects of discourse , and those methods of handling them , which rather display their own genius than benefit the reader . Seneca says well , " Eloquence is injurious ...
... namely , how from innate pride and vain glory men have chosen those subjects of discourse , and those methods of handling them , which rather display their own genius than benefit the reader . Seneca says well , " Eloquence is injurious ...
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... namely , Observations or Discourses upon Histories and Examples . For knowledge drawn freshly and in our view out of particulars knows best the way back to particulars again ; and it contributes much more to practice , when the ...
... namely , Observations or Discourses upon Histories and Examples . For knowledge drawn freshly and in our view out of particulars knows best the way back to particulars again ; and it contributes much more to practice , when the ...
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... namely , either when they are spoken on the sudden , or in passion . Thus we see Tiberius , being suddenly incensed at some stinging words of Agrippina , and thrown a little off his guard , advanced a step out of his natural ...
... namely , either when they are spoken on the sudden , or in passion . Thus we see Tiberius , being suddenly incensed at some stinging words of Agrippina , and thrown a little off his guard , advanced a step out of his natural ...
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... namely , caution , colour , and confidence . Caution is , when men discreetly avoid those things to which they are not equal ; whereas contrariwise bold and unquiet spirits thrust themselves without reflection into matters of which they ...
... namely , caution , colour , and confidence . Caution is , when men discreetly avoid those things to which they are not equal ; whereas contrariwise bold and unquiet spirits thrust themselves without reflection into matters of which they ...
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... namely , that men can hardly make themselves believe that they ought to change that course which they have found by experience to be prosperous and successful . For Machiavelli notes wisely , how Fabius Maximus would have retained to ...
... namely , that men can hardly make themselves believe that they ought to change that course which they have found by experience to be prosperous and successful . For Machiavelli notes wisely , how Fabius Maximus would have retained to ...
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