The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen11Hurd and Houghton, 1869 |
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... reasons above stated , to take and leave almost as he found them ; but the effect of his treatment of them was like that of bringing a light into a dark room : the objects are there as they were before , but now you can distinguish them ...
... reasons above stated , to take and leave almost as he found them ; but the effect of his treatment of them was like that of bringing a light into a dark room : the objects are there as they were before , but now you can distinguish them ...
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... reason to suspect any error , I have noticed the fact ; not confin- ing myself to cases in which the error seems to be of consequence ; but correcting positive misstatements of every kind ; for it is impossible to say of any fact that ...
... reason to suspect any error , I have noticed the fact ; not confin- ing myself to cases in which the error seems to be of consequence ; but correcting positive misstatements of every kind ; for it is impossible to say of any fact that ...
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... reason for dissenting from the popular judgment , supported as it is by some eminent authorities . In so far as the difference is a matter of taste , I can only say that since the proper object of history is to reproduce such an image ...
... reason for dissenting from the popular judgment , supported as it is by some eminent authorities . In so far as the difference is a matter of taste , I can only say that since the proper object of history is to reproduce such an image ...
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... reasons , I shall quote his note at length . " Lord Bacon was the man of highest intellect among the writers of history ; but he was not the greatest historian . History ought to be without passion ; but if it be without feeling , it ...
... reasons , I shall quote his note at length . " Lord Bacon was the man of highest intellect among the writers of history ; but he was not the greatest historian . History ought to be without passion ; but if it be without feeling , it ...
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... reason ; and History his memory . Of which three faculties least exception is commonly taken to memory ; because imagination is oftentimes idle , and reason litigious . So likewise History of all writings deserveth least taxation , as ...
... reason ; and History his memory . Of which three faculties least exception is commonly taken to memory ; because imagination is oftentimes idle , and reason litigious . So likewise History of all writings deserveth least taxation , as ...
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