 | Desiderius Erasmus - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1753 - 324 pages
...not help." 21. Solon compared the people to the fea, and the orators to the winds ; becaufe the fea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 22. Being asked, whether he had given the Athenians the beft laws ? he anfwered, " The " beft of thofe... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 292 pages
...whether they should live or die. 61. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds ; for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 62. A man being very jealous of his wife, insomuch that which way soever she went, he would be prying... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...estates of Graecia, that " he wondered how " at Athens wise men did propose, and fools did " dispose." 232. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators...calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 233. Socrates was pronounced by the oracle of Delphos to be the wisest man of Greece, which he would put... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...estates of Graecia, that " he wondered how " at Athens wise men did propose, and fools did " dispose." 232. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators...calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 233. Socrates was pronounced by the oracle of Delphos to be the wisest man of Greece, which he would put... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...estates of Graecia, that " he wondered how " at Athens wise men did propose, and fools did " dispose." 232. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators...: for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the wjnds did not trouble it. 233. Socrates was pronounced by the oracle of Delphos to be the wisest man... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...Cassius, and compare reasons. It, Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds ; for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. Bacon'i Apophthegm!. As their small galleys may not hold compare With our tall ships. Wallet. Beyond... | |
 | 1829 - 512 pages
...possible. Lord Bacon says, thai " Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it." WEW WORKS. Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, Palestine, &c., are announced, by R. R. Madden. The author... | |
 | 1836 - 578 pages
...as would probably unseat the ministry and restore themselves to power. Solon compared the people to the sea, and orators to the winds, " for that the...be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it." What would he have said had he lived in the age of newspapers, and breathed the turbulent and tainted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...whether they should live or die." 80. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds : for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 81. Socrates was pronounced by the oracle of Delphos to be the wisest man of Greece, which he would... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1847 - 374 pages
...voice its full and commanding tone ! " Solon compared the people the sea, and orators and counsellors the winds ; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds To compare — to contrast. Things which bear some resemblance to each other may be compared. Things... | |
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Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds : for that the sea would be calm and quiet, if the winds did not trouble it. 
