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" Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed. And as wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and... "
Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ... - Page 25
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received ; therefore care would be had that (as it fareth in...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 1

Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 402 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care should be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be uot taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 1

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...the superstition formerly received; therefore care should be had that (as it fareth iu ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 1

Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 404 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care should be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Volume 1

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care should be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...corrupt into a number of petty observances. There is a superstitiou in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best if they go farthest from the superstition...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care should be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity

Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 492 pages
...the Tower, and to settle the nation on a new foundation ; so, he took this province to himself, * ' There is a superstition, in avoiding superstition ; when men think to do best, if they go furthest from the superstition commonly received : therefore, care should be had, that, (as it fareth...
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Lives, characters, and an address to posterity. Ed. by J.Jebb

Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - Great Britain - 1833 - 458 pages
...at the same time, taking advantages from the fears and apprehensions that all the sober men of * ' There is a superstition, in avoiding superstition; when men think to do best, if they go furthest from the superstition commonly received : therefore, care should be had, that, (as it fareth...
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Cobbett's Weekly Register, Volume 80

Great Britain - 1833 - 432 pages
...calamities and " disasters. Superstition without a veil " is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth " deformity to an ape to be so like a " man, so the...similitude of superstition " "to religion makes it the more de" formed: and, as wholesome meat cor" rupteth to little worms, so good forms " and orders corrupt...
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