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" Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to... "
New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 356
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...deformity, not as a signe, which is more deceivable, but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person, that...spur in himself, to rescue and deliver himself from scorne. " I do not think it improbable, that this circumstance might animate our poet to double his...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...lord Bacon ; which maxim may also serve as a sort of moral to this long paper on a short man : '*' Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn." THE GENIUS, No. 2, Saturday, June 20, 1761. Mr. Colman, the author of this very humorous paper on little...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme bold; first, as in their own defence, as being exposed...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce eontempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn ; therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold ; first, as in their own defence, as being exposed...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...Deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn. Therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold. First, as in their own defence, as being exposed to...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...Deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn. Therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold. First, as in their own defence, as being exposed to...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself, to rescue and deliver himself from scorn ; therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold. First, as in their own defence, as being exposed...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom farileth of the effect. Whosoever hath anyv thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt,...himself, to rescue and deliver himself from scorn; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme bold; first, as in their own defence, as being exposed...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 17

English literature - 1826 - 602 pages
...— "ubi pcccat in uno, periclitatur in altero." He admits, however, that " whosoever hath any thmg fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...this doctrine, if it rest upon any principle at all, mn'l rest upon the principle, that the carcase, which is the mere dress of the soul, is the best part...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable.but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn ; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme bold; first, as in their own defence, as being exposed...
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