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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ... - Page 57
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ccesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar ; no lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from...
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Cicero's Three Books Of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cvrus, Alexander, C'a.'sar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. l!ut the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from...
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...demolished? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from...
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The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 512 pages
...demolished ! It it not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cxsar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years; for the originals can not last, and the copies can not bat late of the life and truth. But the images of men's wita and...
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The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an ..., Volume 4

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 494 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals can not last, and the copies can not but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...demolished .' It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no s the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and...by experience: for natural abilities are like nat lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of llie kings or great personages of much later years. For...originals cannot last : and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from...
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The Miscellaneous Works, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 pages
...pictures or sia lues of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of oiuch later years. For the originals cannot last: and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from...
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Cicero's Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 374 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to havo the true pictures of statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals can not last, and the copies can not but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and...
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