Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... philosophy , the immortal BACON , who has been almost as much celebrated for his diction , as his matter . Ben Jonson affirms , " that he may be named and stand as the mark and acme of our language . " + Addison , in the Tatler , N ...
... philosophy , the immortal BACON , who has been almost as much celebrated for his diction , as his matter . Ben Jonson affirms , " that he may be named and stand as the mark and acme of our language . " + Addison , in the Tatler , N ...
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... philosophical works . In these , a plain but manly eloquence is often to be found ; and the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 ...
... philosophical works . In these , a plain but manly eloquence is often to be found ; and the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 ...
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... philosophy may incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion : for in the entrance of philosophy , when the second causes , which are next unto the senses , doe ...
... philosophy may incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion : for in the entrance of philosophy , when the second causes , which are next unto the senses , doe ...
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... had need have much cunning , to seeme to know that , hee doth not . Historics make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtill ; natural philosophy deepe ; morall grave ; logicke and rhetorick OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 21.
... had need have much cunning , to seeme to know that , hee doth not . Historics make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtill ; natural philosophy deepe ; morall grave ; logicke and rhetorick OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 21.
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Nathan Drake. natural philosophy deepe ; morall grave ; logicke and rhetorick able to contend . " * One of the most entertaining and popular wri- ters of the reign of James the First , was ROBERT BURTON , the author of the Anatomy of ...
Nathan Drake. natural philosophy deepe ; morall grave ; logicke and rhetorick able to contend . " * One of the most entertaining and popular wri- ters of the reign of James the First , was ROBERT BURTON , the author of the Anatomy of ...
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