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" What is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers... "
Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ... - Page 86
by George Walker - 1825 - 615 pages
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 456 pages
...answer. Certain^> there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affectingb free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though...kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits0, which are of the same veins*, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those » jesting]...
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Theses for Degree of Ph.D. Latin

Johns Hopkins University - 1890 - 538 pages
...by dependent clauses. An example of this last is found in Bacon's essay "Of Truth," third sentence: "And though the sects of philosophers of that kind...certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins." Here there is chiasmus, sects be gone X remain wits, an arrangement not for the sake of the chiasmus,...
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Works, Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...Judicature. 57. Of Anger. 58. Of Vicissitude of Things. ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is Truth? said jesting Pilate ; and would not...for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness1, and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 440 pages
...credit his own lie, he did believe . . ' He was indeed the duke." Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. BACON. " ' What is truth ? ' said jesting Pilate ; and would...free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 444 pages
...he did believe He was indeed the duke." Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. BACON. "'What is truth?' said/«/ing Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly...free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 446 pages
...memory, To credit his own lie, he did believe He was indeed the duke." BACON. Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. "' What is truth ? ' said jesting Pilate; and would not...giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecfmg free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 446 pages
...memory, To credit his own lie, he did believe He was indeed the duke." Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. BACON. " ' What is truth ? ' said jesting Pilate ; and would...giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affitcAng free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 458 pages
...I, ii, 89-103. "' What is truth ?' said jesfmg Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. Certainty there be that delight in giddiness ; and count it...free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discours'mg wits which are of the...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1906 - 448 pages
...believe He was indeed the duke." Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. BACON. " ' What is truth ? ' said Iesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly...giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecfmg free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 456 pages
...believe He was indeed the duke." BACON. Tempest, I, ii, 89-103. "' What is truth ?' said jesting Pilule ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there...that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to nx a belief; affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers...
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