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Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and the Useful Arts ... - Page 88
by John Timbs - 1860 - 376 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 106

1857 - 628 pages
...strong for dis' putations and contentions, but barren of the production of ' works for the benefit of the life of man : in which mind he ' continued to his dying day.' After a time spent in travel, he made the law his professional study ; but he was also already employed...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
..." of the authour, to whom he would ever ascribe " all high attributes, but for the unfruitfulnesse of " the way; being a philosophy, as his lordship used " to say, onely strong for disputations and con" tentions, but barren of the production of works " for the benefit...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 3

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...worthlessness of the author, to whom he would ever ascribe all high attributes, but for the unfruitfulness of the way — being a philosophy (as his Lordship...man. In which mind he continued to his dying day.' Bronte medal. Britiih Muicum. (From lhi> series of Dtcier medals.) On leaving Cambridge, ne entered...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 3-4

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...worthlessness of the author, to whom he would ever ascribe all high attributes, but for the unfruitfulness of the way — being a philosophy (as his Lordship...man. In which mind he continued to his dying day.' Hronze mpftal, British Museum. (From Uw acnes of Itaeier metlalh.) On leaving Cambridge, lie entered...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1835 - 588 pages
...unfruitfulness of the way—being a philosophy (as his Lordship used to say) only strong for disputation. and contentions, but barren of the production of works for the life of man. In which mizmd he continued to his dying day.' Bronze mcdsi, British Muicum. (From time series ¿ Dscier umedals.)...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 3

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...Y Archb li his by Dr. .pher :— ' \Vhilimpart iiiu f the author, to v ihe un fruir the way — 1" works for the life of man. In which mind he continued to his dyiii£ d t» Sflrics of Dacier nv On leaving Cambridge, he entered Gray's Inn studen term, sii.' nu...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...philosophy only for disputations and contentions, but barren in the production of works for the benefit of the life of man, in which mind he continued to his dying day." — (Dr. Rawley's Life of Bacon.) His intellectual efforts were ever after bent on working out and...
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The gallery of portraits: with memoirs ...: Gustavus Adolphus

Biography - 1837 - 272 pages
...philosophy only for disputations and contentions, but barren in the production of works for the benefit of the life of man, in which mind he continued to his dying day." — (Dr. Rawley's Life of Bacon.) His intellectual efforts were ever after bent on working out and...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...philosophy 'only for disputations and contentions, but barren in the production of works for the benefit of the life of man, in which mind he continued to his dying day." — (Dr. Rawley's Life of Bacon.) His intellectual efforts were ever after bent on working out and...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...onely strong for disputations and contentions, but barren of the production of works for the benefit of the life of man ; in which mind he continued to his dying day. After he had passed the circle of the liberall arts, his father thought fit to frame and mould him...
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