 | Francis Bacon - 1915 - 272 σελίδες
...truth. But the images of men's wits- < and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they...because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the mind's of others, provoking and >Jr causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages: so that,... | |
 | 1871 - 892 σελίδες
...But the images of men's genius and know) • edge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they...consociateth the most remote regions in participation 01 their fruits, how much more are letters to be mngnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1921 - 264 σελίδες
.... . . But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation'. Neither are...remote regions in participation of their fruits, how muyh more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make... | |
 | Henry W. Wells - 1924 - 256 σελίδες
...and sale, and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. Ib. So that if the invention of the ship was thought so...place and consociateth the most remote regions in fortification of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through... | |
 | 1865 - 834 σελίδες
...by unseen hands into the wide field of the world. " If," says Lord Bacon, " the invention of ships was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1914 - 276 σελίδες
...truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they...regions in participation of their fruits, how much more j are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through * the vast seas of time, and make ages so... | |
 | Neville McMorris - 1989 - 276 σελίδες
...Nicolas But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they...infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages. — Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning Contents Preface 9 Acknowledgments 15 PART I: The Philosophical... | |
 | Jürgen Schlaeger - 1996 - 336 σελίδες
...truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they...causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages.9 While images, belonging to the mimetic arts, can only present a diminished copy of the original,... | |
 | Nieves Mathews - 1996 - 620 σελίδες
...perfect them. But he believed that, like other 'images of men's wits', they would 'continually generate and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking...causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages'.5 The images of Bacon's wits did provoke infinite and valuable actions. As for opinions, what... | |
 | Frederick Kiefer - 1996 - 394 σελίδες
...because they generate still and cast their seedes in the mindes of others, provoking and causing infinit actions and opinions, in succeeding ages. So that if the invention of the Shippe was thought so noble, which carryeth riches, and commodities from place to place, and consociateth... | |
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But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking... 
