Essays: And Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown, 1884 - 425 lappuses |
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xxiii. lappuse
... common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will , knowing and acting , are convertible terms . this error , he , in his essay of Custom and Education , admonishes his readers , by saying : " Men's thoughts ...
... common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will , knowing and acting , are convertible terms . this error , he , in his essay of Custom and Education , admonishes his readers , by saying : " Men's thoughts ...
xxviii. lappuse
... common penetration to be mistaken with so great an appear- ance of probability on his side . Though it still remains doubt- ful whether the ancients were so knowing as he attempts to show they were , the variety and depth of his own ...
... common penetration to be mistaken with so great an appear- ance of probability on his side . Though it still remains doubt- ful whether the ancients were so knowing as he attempts to show they were , the variety and depth of his own ...
5. lappuse
... common to envy and detraction , to convert a man's very qualities into their concomitant defects ; and because Bacon was a great thinker , he was repre- sented as unfit for the active duties of business , as 66 66 a man rather of show ...
... common to envy and detraction , to convert a man's very qualities into their concomitant defects ; and because Bacon was a great thinker , he was repre- sented as unfit for the active duties of business , as 66 66 a man rather of show ...
72. lappuse
... common people ; let that be left unto the Anabaptists , and other furies . It was great blasphemy when the devil said , " I will ascend and be like the Highest ; " 1 but it is greater blasphemy to personate God , and bring him in saying ...
... common people ; let that be left unto the Anabaptists , and other furies . It was great blasphemy when the devil said , " I will ascend and be like the Highest ; " 1 but it is greater blasphemy to personate God , and bring him in saying ...
82. lappuse
... common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works , are proper to men and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have pro- ceeded from childless men , which have sought to express the images of their minds where ...
... common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works , are proper to men and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have pro- ceeded from childless men , which have sought to express the images of their minds where ...
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Achelous actions affection alludes amongst ancient Arthur Gorges arts atheism Augustus Cæsar beautiful better body boldness Cæsar called cause Certainly commonly corruption counsel court custom danger death denotes dissimulation divine doth earth England envy Epicurus Essays evil fame favor fear fortune Francis Bacon gods hand hath Henry Hippomenes honor human Instauratio Magna invented judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter justice justly kind kings Latin likewise Lord Bacon maketh man's mankind matter means men's ment mind moral motion natural philosophy nature never noble Novum Organum observed opinion Ovid passion Pentheus persons philosophy pleasure poets princes Prometheus Queen's Counsel reason received religion revenge riches saith secret servants side speak speech Tacitus thereof things thou thought Tiberius tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue whence wisdom wise words
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