The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and HumanW. Pickering, 1825 - 402 |
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... sort , as I hold it , may serve in lieu of the first part of the Instauration , and acquit my promise in " that part . " 66 And Mallet in his edition of the Advancement , published in the year 1808 , says , " Accordingly in " 1623 came ...
... sort , as I hold it , may serve in lieu of the first part of the Instauration , and acquit my promise in " that part . " 66 And Mallet in his edition of the Advancement , published in the year 1808 , says , " Accordingly in " 1623 came ...
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... sort say , that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution ; that the aspiring to over- much knowledge , was the original temptation and sin , whereupon ensued the fall of man ; that know ...
... sort say , that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution ; that the aspiring to over- much knowledge , was the original temptation and sin , whereupon ensued the fall of man ; that know ...
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... sort better with ancient examples , than with those of the latter or immediate times : and lastly , the wit of one man can no more countervail learning , than one man's means can hold way with a common purse . And as for those ...
... sort better with ancient examples , than with those of the latter or immediate times : and lastly , the wit of one man can no more countervail learning , than one man's means can hold way with a common purse . And as for those ...
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... sort of dis- credit or diminution of credit , that groweth unto learning from learned men themselves , which com- monly cleaveth fastest : it is either from their fortune , or from their manners , or from the nature of their studies For ...
... sort of dis- credit or diminution of credit , that groweth unto learning from learned men themselves , which com- monly cleaveth fastest : it is either from their fortune , or from their manners , or from the nature of their studies For ...
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... sort revived of late times by the colleges of the Jesuits ; of whom , although in regard of their su- perstition I may say , " quo meliores , eo deteriores ; " ( by how much the better , so much the worse ) ; yet in regard of this , and ...
... sort revived of late times by the colleges of the Jesuits ; of whom , although in regard of their su- perstition I may say , " quo meliores , eo deteriores ; " ( by how much the better , so much the worse ) ; yet in regard of this , and ...
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