Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 17
... Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The Ver- 5 tue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the New ; which carrieth ...
... Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The Ver- 5 tue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the New ; which carrieth ...
Page 19
... Vertue of a Confessour ; And assuredly , the Secret Man , heareth many Confessions ; For who will open himselfe , to a Blab or a Babler ? But if a Man be thought Secret , it inviteth Disco- verie ; As the more Close Aire , sucketh in ...
... Vertue of a Confessour ; And assuredly , the Secret Man , heareth many Confessions ; For who will open himselfe , to a Blab or a Babler ? But if a Man be thought Secret , it inviteth Disco- verie ; As the more Close Aire , sucketh in ...
Page 26
... Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it ...
... Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it ...
Page 30
... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
Page 31
... those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no Of Enby 31.
... those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no Of Enby 31.
Contents
156 | |
159 | |
162 | |
165 | |
168 | |
173 | |
176 | |
178 | |
101 | |
104 | |
106 | |
116 | |
118 | |
131 | |
134 | |
136 | |
139 | |
144 | |
149 | |
153 | |
180 | |
186 | |
195 | |
198 | |
201 | |
204 | |
269 | |
289 | |
311 | |
312 | |
351 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
added Æsop amongst Ancient Antith Atheisme Augustus Cæsar Bacon beleeve better Body Businesse Cæsar cause Certainly Cicero colour commeth commonly Comp couler Counsell Counsellours Cunning Custome danger Discourse doth edition Envy Epicure Epimetheus Errours ESSAY Estate evill exuperantia Factions Fame farre Favour Fortune Frend Frendship Galba Garden generall goeth Greatnesse hath haue himselfe Honour inferiour ioyned Iudge Iudgement Iustice kinde Kingdom of Britain Kings Latin adds lesse likewise maketh Matter Meanes Minde Naturall Nature never Nobility Number omitted Opinion Persons Place Plantation Plutarch Poets Pompey Princes principall quæ quam quod Religion reprehension Riches saith Seditions seemeth selfe Septimius Severus setled severall shew side sometimes Sonne Sort speake Speech Subiects Sunne sure Sutes Tacitus Therfore Things thinke Tiberius tion true unto Usury Vertue Vespasian vpon Warre Weaknesse wherein whereof wise Wisedome yeeld