The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... explanations of causes , assumptions , and all things relating thereto . I. THE OPERATION UPON THE SPIRITS , THAT THEY MAY RETAIN THEIR YOUTH AND RENEW THEIR VIGOUR . The History . 1. The spirits are the agents and workmen that pro ...
... explanations of causes , assumptions , and all things relating thereto . I. THE OPERATION UPON THE SPIRITS , THAT THEY MAY RETAIN THEIR YOUTH AND RENEW THEIR VIGOUR . The History . 1. The spirits are the agents and workmen that pro ...
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... explanation than any variety of rules . Comment . 1. It is certain that all bodies are endued with some desire of assimilating the things which lie next to them . This is performed freely and vigorously by thin and pneumatic bodies ...
... explanation than any variety of rules . Comment . 1. It is certain that all bodies are endued with some desire of assimilating the things which lie next to them . This is performed freely and vigorously by thin and pneumatic bodies ...
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... EXPLANATION . In nature there is no annihilation ; and therefore the thing which is consumed either passes into the air , or is received into some adjacent body . Whence we see spiders , flies , or ants , entombed and preserved for ever ...
... EXPLANATION . In nature there is no annihilation ; and therefore the thing which is consumed either passes into the air , or is received into some adjacent body . Whence we see spiders , flies , or ants , entombed and preserved for ever ...
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... EXPLANATION . There are four processes of the spirit , namely are- faction , melting , putrefaction and generation of bodies . Arefaction is not properly the work of the spirit , but of the grosser parts after the emission of the spirit ...
... EXPLANATION . There are four processes of the spirit , namely are- faction , melting , putrefaction and generation of bodies . Arefaction is not properly the work of the spirit , but of the grosser parts after the emission of the spirit ...
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... EXPLANATION . I have already observed that to procure long life the human body should be considered first as a body inani- mate and unsupported by aliment ; and secondly as a body animate and nourished ; for the first considera- tion ...
... EXPLANATION . I have already observed that to procure long life the human body should be considered first as a body inani- mate and unsupported by aliment ; and secondly as a body animate and nourished ; for the first considera- tion ...
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