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Excerpt from Hermippus Redivivus, or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave: Wherein, a Method Is Laid Down for Prolonging the Life and Vigour of Man
A N 0 TH E R rentarhahle thing in this Treatife is, the Choice the zinthor has'the preface. Made of his Quotations, which are as Eu tertaining, as they are Inflrut'iive nor is it eafi' to conceive without reading his Book, how it is poflhle for a Man to enliven [0 dry it Suhjec't', as his feents to he in the Manner he has done. 7 he Extraet's he has given from Bacon the Monk, plainly [hew, the prodigious Knowlege of that ex traordinary T'er/on, who, when all Europe was involved in the thicke/t Mifl of Igno rance, foetus to have poflfefl'ed alone fuch a Treafure of Science, as would have rendered him a very confiderahle Man, even in the most enlightened Ages, and may poflhly en gage fome ahle lvriter to give us [uch an Ahria'getnent of his l/vorks, as the ingenious and learned Dot't'or Shaw has done, of thofe of Chancellor Bacon, and the famous Boyle, which ifjudiciozfly performed, and illufira ted as they are, with proper Notes, would do equal Service to the Reguhlic of Let ters, and Honour to our Country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
