in the works

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in the works

Fig. being prepared; being planned; being done. There are some new laws in the works that will affect all of us. I have some ideas in the works that you might be interested in.

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In English philosophy too, many affinities may be traced, not only in the works of the Cambridge Platonists, but in great original writers like Berkeley or Coleridge, to Plato and his ideas. The Republic by Plato View in context The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last, was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context More results

? References in classic literature

In English philosophy too, many affinities may be traced, not only in the works of the Cambridge Platonists, but in great original writers like Berkeley or Coleridge, to Plato and his ideas.

The Republic by Plato View in context

The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last, was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

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