Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10

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Brown and Taggard, 1864

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Página 442 - And for the transitory and perishable nature of both, we find it concluded in one oracle, " Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the Word of the Lord shall not pass away." 2 Again, if it be still urged that for all this it must be admitted that there are innumerable changes in the surface of the earth and the parts next
Página 287 - THINGS. On the Division of Bodies, Continuity, and Vacuity. THE doctrine of Democritus concerning atoms is either true or useful for demonstration. For it is not easy either to grasp in thought or to express in words the genuine subtlety of nature, such as it is found in things, without supposing
Página 12 - that torture of Mezentius, whereby the living die in the embraces of the dead, and the parts that are easily repaired, by reason of their connection with the parts hardly reparable, begin to decay. For even after the decline of age the spirit, blood, flesh, and fat are still easily repaired, when the drier or more porous
Página 42 - They are oviparous, voracious, savage, and excellently protected against the water. Concerning the age of the other kinds of shell fish, I find nothing certain is known. Major Observations. From the neglect of observations, and the complication of causes, it is difficult to discover any rule for the length and shortness of life in animals. Some few
Página 52 - but how long he lived after his return does not appear. He was a man who wandered no less in his mind than in his body ; so that in consequence of his opinions his name was changed from Xenophanes to Xenomanes; he was doubtless a man of vast conceptions, breathing nothing but infinity. 9. Anacreon the poet lived beyond 80;
Página 295 - For according as motions, that is, incentives and restraints, can be spurred on or tied up, so follows conversion and transformation of matter itself. iv. On the common Division of Motion, that it is useless and rude. The division of motion received in philosophy seems popular and without foundation ; distinguishing the thing only by effects, and no way conducing to" knowledgeby causes. For generation, corruption,
Página 82 - very beneficial in prolonging life, yet that are not without danger to the health unless guarded against by proper means. On these points however, as occasion requires, I will not neglect to exhibit proper cautions and admonitions. Lastly, I have thought it right to propose sundry remedies, according to each intention, but the choice
Página 263 - body or spirit united and inclosed within it. 13. Spirits, such as those of vegetables and animals, are not found at large with us, but attached and confined in the tangible body. 14. Dense and rare are the proper effects of heat and cold ; dense of heat, rare of cold. 15. Heat operates on
Página 465 - of innumerable degrees. It affirms that flame, in its true place and left to itself, is fixed and constant, no less than air and water; and that it is not a thing momentary, and preserved in its mass only by succession through renovation and aliment, as it is here with us. It affirms
Página 117 - not lightly infused, but incorporated as firmly as honey in mead, and keep it for a year or six months ; so that the water may lose its crudity, and the sugar may acquire subtlety. 23. Age in wine or liquor engenders subtlety in the parts of the liquor, and acrimony in the spirits ; whereof the first is beneficial, the second hurtful. To avoid

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