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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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Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the ...

William Chatterton Coupland - 1895 - 746 pages
...it seems to me, would, whatever it were, be left without truth and order. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. TRUTH. What is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not...for an answer. Certainly there be. that delight in Giddinesse; and count it a Bondage, to fix a Beleefe; affecting Freewill in Thinking, as well as in...
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A Brief History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1896 - 290 pages
...dreams of.' Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day." Morte D' Arthur. 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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A Brief History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1896 - 292 pages
...voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day." BACON Morte D'Arthur. "'What is truth?' said /wring 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 Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 2

John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 542 pages
...writers Bacon usually cites the original. We simply translate these citations into English : OF TRUTH. "What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not...and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting a free-will in thinking as well as in acting. But it is not only the difficulty and labor which men...
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The Essays: Colours of Good and Evil, & Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 pages
...FRA. BACON. ^ ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL J ESSAYS OF TRUTH 'WHAT is Truth' ? said jesting Pilate ; and would...kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits^wjhich are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the...
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The Essayes Or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lo: Verulam, Viscount ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 pages
...strengthen and time will aye confirm ! 1 P. 52. ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL Essay I. Of Truth HAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay...thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosop. certain though in those that kind be gone, yet there remain ursing wits which are of the...
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The Essays: Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon ... Ed., with an ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 290 pages
.... . 255 LVI. OF JUDICATURE 258 LVII. OF ANGER 264 ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL I. —OF TRUTH. (1625.) " WHAT is truth ? " said jesting Pilate; and would not...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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Essays of British Essayists, Including Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

1900 - 492 pages
...min-seed, which 'a one of the least •Hair-splitters; lit "dividers of cum- seeds" (Bacon). OF TRUTH WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not...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...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1

Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 pages
...results of the crucifixion in the Christianity of the steam engine and the electric motor. OF TRUTH WVB WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate; and would not...and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind be gone,...
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Obiter Dicta of Bacon and Shakespeare on Manners, Mind, Morals

Francis Bacon, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1900 - 318 pages
..." This is not altogether fool, my lord," &c. FREEDOM of Thought. " Thought is free"—Promus 653. " Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and...affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting." — Ess. of Truth. " Thought is free."— Twelfth Night i. 3, 69 ; and Temp. iii. 2 (Song). " Then,...
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