The Works of Francis BaconLongmans, 1870 |
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... fable of Scylla , who had the head and face of a virgin , but her womb was hung round with barking monsters , from which she could not be delivered . For in like manner the sciences to which we are accustomed have certain general ...
... fable of Scylla , who had the head and face of a virgin , but her womb was hung round with barking monsters , from which she could not be delivered . For in like manner the sciences to which we are accustomed have certain general ...
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... fables or vanity . All received or current falsehoods also ( which by strange negligence have been allowed for many ages to prevail and become established ) I proscribe and brand by name ; that the sciences may be no more troubled with ...
... fables or vanity . All received or current falsehoods also ( which by strange negligence have been allowed for many ages to prevail and become established ) I proscribe and brand by name ; that the sciences may be no more troubled with ...
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... fables and rumours of antiquity . And of the regions and districts of the world they knew but a small portion ; giving indiscriminately the name of Scythians to all in the North , of Celts to all in the West ; knowing nothing of Africa ...
... fables and rumours of antiquity . And of the regions and districts of the world they knew but a small portion ; giving indiscriminately the name of Scythians to all in the North , of Celts to all in the West ; knowing nothing of Africa ...
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... fable of the old man , who bequeathed to his sons gold buried in a vineyard , pretending not to know the exact spot ; whereupon the sons applied themselves diligently to the digging of the vineyard , and though no gold was found there ...
... fable of the old man , who bequeathed to his sons gold buried in a vineyard , pretending not to know the exact spot ; whereupon the sons applied themselves diligently to the digging of the vineyard , and though no gold was found there ...
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... fables . Meanwhile it is not to be wondered at , if a great prejudice is raised against new propositions , especially when works are also mentioned , because of those impostors who have attempted the like ; since their excess of vanity ...
... fables . Meanwhile it is not to be wondered at , if a great prejudice is raised against new propositions , especially when works are also mentioned , because of those impostors who have attempted the like ; since their excess of vanity ...
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