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" The perpetuity by generation is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men: and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds,... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 21
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men: and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...posterity. They that are the first raisers of their nouses, are most indulgent towards their children; beholding them as the continuance, not only of their...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...is common to beasts ; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men: and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...continuance, not only of their kind, but of their work; and so both children and creatures. The difference in affection of parents towards their several...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...is common to beasts ; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...most indulgent towards their children, beholding them as.the continuance, not only of their kind, but of their work ; and so both children and creatures....
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...is common to beasts ; but memory, merit, and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...childless men, which have sought to express the images o/ their minds, where those of their bodies have failed ; so the care of posterity is most in them...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...is common to beasts ; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men : and surely a man shall are not only themselves, work ; and so both children and creatures. The difference in affection of parents towards their several...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Volume 8

Fashion - 534 pages
...daughter and only child of a planter of immense wealth. It is correctly remarked hy Lord Bacon, that "they that are the first raisers of their houses are most indulgent towards their children ;" and, accordingly, Mr. Murray lavished upon his daughter every purchased care which could give refinement...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...is common to beasts : butmemory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...continuance, not only of their kind, but of their work ; and so both children and creatures. The difference in affection of parents towards their several...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...is common to beasts ; but memory, merit, and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded...posterity is most in them that have no posterity. — 'We will transcribe the whole of the Eighth, entitled ' Of Marriage and Single Life,' also one...
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...heasts; hut memory, merit, and nohle worts are proper to men: and surely a man shall see the nohlest works and foundations have proceeded from childless...express the images of their minds where those of their hodies have failed. So the care of posterity is most in them that have no posterity. We will transcrihe...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...heasts ; hut memory, merit, and nohle works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the nohlest works and foundations have proceeded from childless...to express the images of their minds where those of th«ir hodies have failed. So the care of posterity is most in them that have no posterity. We will...
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