Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. God ; 16 and it was a notable observation of a wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences were commonly in- terested therein ...
Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. God ; 16 and it was a notable observation of a wise father , and no less ingenuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences were commonly in- terested therein ...
Page 74
... observation . Let diaries , therefore , be brought in use . The things to be seen and observed are the courts of princes , especially when they give audience to ambassadors ; the courts of jus- tice , while they sit and hear causes ...
... observation . Let diaries , therefore , be brought in use . The things to be seen and observed are the courts of princes , especially when they give audience to ambassadors ; the courts of jus- tice , while they sit and hear causes ...
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... observe them in others ; and let him trust himself with the rest ; for if he labor too much to express them , he ... observations ? Not to use cere- monies at all is to teach others not to use them again , and so diminisheth respect to ...
... observe them in others ; and let him trust himself with the rest ; for if he labor too much to express them , he ... observations ? Not to use cere- monies at all is to teach others not to use them again , and so diminisheth respect to ...
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