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Page 86
... by her fall Thou hast lost thy end ; in her we perish all : Or , if we live , we live but to rebel , That know her better now , who knew her well . 51. BISHOP HALL . 1574-1656 . ( Manual , p 86 CHAP . IV . JOHN DONNE .
... by her fall Thou hast lost thy end ; in her we perish all : Or , if we live , we live but to rebel , That know her better now , who knew her well . 51. BISHOP HALL . 1574-1656 . ( Manual , p 86 CHAP . IV . JOHN DONNE .
Page 88
... better hap to worse . The sea of fortune doth not ever flow , She draws her favors to the lowest ebb : Her tides have equal times to come and go ; Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web : No joy so great but runneth to an end ...
... better hap to worse . The sea of fortune doth not ever flow , She draws her favors to the lowest ebb : Her tides have equal times to come and go ; Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web : No joy so great but runneth to an end ...
Page 95
... better nature than his own , could never attain . So man , when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour , gathereth a force and faith , which human nature in itself could not obtain . Therefore , as Atheism is ...
... better nature than his own , could never attain . So man , when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour , gathereth a force and faith , which human nature in itself could not obtain . Therefore , as Atheism is ...
Page 96
... time , which might be better employed , I answer that the most active or busy men have many vacant hours , while they expect the tides and returns of busi- ness ; and then the question is , how those 96 СПАР . Ѵ . FRANCIS BACON .
... time , which might be better employed , I answer that the most active or busy men have many vacant hours , while they expect the tides and returns of busi- ness ; and then the question is , how those 96 СПАР . Ѵ . FRANCIS BACON .
Page 99
... better than himself . And such , for the most part , are your princes , potentates , great philosophers , histori- ographers , authors of sects or heresies , and all our great scholars , as Hierom defines : a natural philosopher is ...
... better than himself . And such , for the most part , are your princes , potentates , great philosophers , histori- ographers , authors of sects or heresies , and all our great scholars , as Hierom defines : a natural philosopher is ...
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