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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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Essays

Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 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...makes it the more deformed: and as wholesome meat cormpteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. There...
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Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 468 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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Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 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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Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 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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The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the ...

Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright - Bible - 1884 - 768 pages
...of heaven is like to a king that made a bridal to his son. Latimer, Serm. p. 284. For, as it addeth deformity to an ape, to be so like a man ; so the...superstition to religion, makes it the more deformed. Bacon, Ess. xvn. p. 69. See quotation from the Homilies under MOl.TEN. Simple, adj. (Rom. xvi. 19)....
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Essays

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 234 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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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1886 - 304 pages
...without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, 45 so the similitude of superstition to religion makes...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care ifould be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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The Essays Or Councils, Civil & Moral: Of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 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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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...disasters. Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing: for as it addeth deformity to an ape to bo , howe 7 beet, if they go farthest from the superstition formerly received: therefore care would be had, that,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...with calamities, and disasters. Superstition without his vaile is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an Ape, to be so like a man; So the similitude...deformed. And as wholesome meat corrupteth to little wormes ; so good formes and orders, corrupt into a number of pettie obseruances. 16. WISDOMS FOR A...
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