The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volumen2Parry & McMillan, 1859 |
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... whereof we speak . For the pressure of the fin- ger , furthered by the wetting , because it sticketh so much the better unto the lip of the glass , after some continuance , putteth all the small parts of the glass into work , that they ...
... whereof we speak . For the pressure of the fin- ger , furthered by the wetting , because it sticketh so much the better unto the lip of the glass , after some continuance , putteth all the small parts of the glass into work , that they ...
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... whereof occupieth more place ; and so of necessity , followeth a dilatation ; and therefore , lest two bodies should be in one place , there must needs also follow an expulsion of the pellet ; or blowing up of the mine . But these are ...
... whereof occupieth more place ; and so of necessity , followeth a dilatation ; and therefore , lest two bodies should be in one place , there must needs also follow an expulsion of the pellet ; or blowing up of the mine . But these are ...
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... whereof we shall speak in another place , with air in place of water , and the ice about it . And although it be a greater alteration to turn air into water , than water into ice ; yet there is this hope , that by continuing the air ...
... whereof we shall speak in another place , with air in place of water , and the ice about it . And although it be a greater alteration to turn air into water , than water into ice ; yet there is this hope , that by continuing the air ...
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... whereof notwithstanding. water . 103. The diapason or eighth in music is the sweetest concord , insomuch as it is in effect a unison ; as we see in lutes that are strung in the base strings with two strings , one an eighth above another ...
... whereof notwithstanding. water . 103. The diapason or eighth in music is the sweetest concord , insomuch as it is in effect a unison ; as we see in lutes that are strung in the base strings with two strings , one an eighth above another ...
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... whereof notwithstanding we shall speak some- what , when we handle tones , in the general in- quiry of sounds . in themselves . But yet it hath been noted , that though this variety of tunes doth dispose the spirits to variety of ...
... whereof notwithstanding we shall speak some- what , when we handle tones , in the general in- quiry of sounds . in themselves . But yet it hath been noted , that though this variety of tunes doth dispose the spirits to variety of ...
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Página 412 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...
Página 403 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.
Página 441 - Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Página 400 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Página 402 - And yet surely to alchemy this right is due, that it may be compared to the husbandman whereof Aesop makes the fable; that, when he died, told his sons that he had left unto them gold buried under ground in his vineyard; and they digged over all the ground, and gold they found none; but by reason of their stirring and digging the mould about the roots of their vines, they had a great vintage the year following...
Página 406 - ... seat, acknowledging that, by the breach of all thy holy laws and commandments, we are become wild olive branches, strangers to thy covenant of grace; we have defaced in ourselves thy sacred image imprinted in us by creation ; we have sinned against heaven and before thee, and are no more worthy to be called thy children. O admit us into the place even of hired servants. Lord, thou hast formed us in our mothers...
Página 403 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 230 - To give every man his due, had it not been for Sir Edward Coke's Reports, which though they may have errors, and some peremptory and extrajudicial resolutions more than are warranted, yet they contain infinite good decisions and rulings over of cases, the law by this time had been almost like a ship without ballast ; for that the cases of modern experience are fled from those that are adjudged and ruled in former time.
Página 402 - But to leave all reverent and religious compassion towards evils, or indignation towards faults, and to turn religion into a comedy or satire ; to search and rip up wounds with a laughing countenance, to intermix scripture and scurrility sometimes in one sentence, is a thing far from the devout reverence of a Christian, and scant beseeming the honest regard of a sober man.
Página 126 - ... we have set it down as a law to ourselves, to examine things to the bottom ; and not to receive upon credit, or reject upon improbabilities, until there hath passed a due examination.