Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 122
... means , and fortune . But be the workmen what they may be , let us speak of the work ; that is , the true greatness of kingdoms and estates , and the means thereof . An argument fit for great and mighty princes to have in their hand ...
... means , and fortune . But be the workmen what they may be , let us speak of the work ; that is , the true greatness of kingdoms and estates , and the means thereof . An argument fit for great and mighty princes to have in their hand ...
Page 147
... means of doing good.3 Hearken also to Solomon , and beware of hasty gathering of riches : He who maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent . * The poets feign , that when Plutus ( which is riches ) is sent from Jupiter , he limps ...
... means of doing good.3 Hearken also to Solomon , and beware of hasty gathering of riches : He who maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent . * The poets feign , that when Plutus ( which is riches ) is sent from Jupiter , he limps ...
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Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. means yet unknown to you of producing of light , origi- nally from divers bodies . We procure means of seeing objects afar off , as in the heaven and remote places ; and represent things near as afar ...
Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. means yet unknown to you of producing of light , origi- nally from divers bodies . We procure means of seeing objects afar off , as in the heaven and remote places ; and represent things near as afar ...
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