The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 4J. Cundee, 1802 - Philosophy |
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... thereof the philosophical enquiries we generally meet with are but light skirmishes , instead of close grapplings with nature ; or , without a meta- phor , they have no strong and direct tendency to the disco- very of forms , but appear ...
... thereof the philosophical enquiries we generally meet with are but light skirmishes , instead of close grapplings with nature ; or , without a meta- phor , they have no strong and direct tendency to the disco- very of forms , but appear ...
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... thereof . Again , boiling water , because of the easy transition of the water into vapour and air , does not so well shew the expansion of the water in its own body . Again , ignited iron , and the like bodies , are so far from shewing ...
... thereof . Again , boiling water , because of the easy transition of the water into vapour and air , does not so well shew the expansion of the water in its own body . Again , ignited iron , and the like bodies , are so far from shewing ...
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... thereof ; and therefore some- times lead up to sublime and noble Axioms , especially such as belong to the configuration of the world , rather than to simple natures and forms + . For example , parallel , or conformable in- stances ...
... thereof ; and therefore some- times lead up to sublime and noble Axioms , especially such as belong to the configuration of the world , rather than to simple natures and forms + . For example , parallel , or conformable in- stances ...
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... manifest example in pains ; for , as there are numerous kinds of pains in animals , and , as it were , different characteris- tics thereof , there being one pain of burning , another of freezing , another of pricking , another of 23.
... manifest example in pains ; for , as there are numerous kinds of pains in animals , and , as it were , different characteris- tics thereof , there being one pain of burning , another of freezing , another of pricking , another of 23.
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... thereof , but of all the bodies known to men , there is no concrete unsusceptible of heat t . Again , let the nature sought be consistence , and air is a hostile instance ‡ ; for metal may flow , and be consistent ; so may glass ; water ...
... thereof , but of all the bodies known to men , there is no concrete unsusceptible of heat t . Again , let the nature sought be consistence , and air is a hostile instance ‡ ; for metal may flow , and be consistent ; so may glass ; water ...
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