The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious ...
... philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but in the technical and practical part of it , he was surpassed by the more laborious ...
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... philosopher . He himself lived long enough to regret that he had neglected the true ambition of genius , and by plunging into business and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to ...
... philosopher . He himself lived long enough to regret that he had neglected the true ambition of genius , and by plunging into business and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to ...
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... philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the bare enumeration of his nu- merous and valuable works would occupy a greater space than we can at present spare . His noble treatise on the Advancement of Learning , and the Novum Organum ...
... philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the bare enumeration of his nu- merous and valuable works would occupy a greater space than we can at present spare . His noble treatise on the Advancement of Learning , and the Novum Organum ...
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... philosophers of his and other ages . It must be recorded , to our disgrace , that the fame of Bacon has been more highly appreciated and more extensively diffused by the learning of Gassendi , the admiration of Voltaire , and the ...
... philosophers of his and other ages . It must be recorded , to our disgrace , that the fame of Bacon has been more highly appreciated and more extensively diffused by the learning of Gassendi , the admiration of Voltaire , and the ...
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... philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some ...
... philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some ...
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