Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... Antitheta ' on the same subjects . Several of these Antitheta ' were either adopted by Bacon from proverbial use , or have ( through him ) become Proverbs.1 And , accordingly , I prefixed a brief remark ( which I here insert ) to the ...
... Antitheta ' on the same subjects . Several of these Antitheta ' were either adopted by Bacon from proverbial use , or have ( through him ) become Proverbs.1 And , accordingly , I prefixed a brief remark ( which I here insert ) to the ...
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... He drew the dolours from the wounded part .'- Pope's Homer . 96 Now lettest thou thy servant depart .'-- Luke ii . 29 . 10 The same man shall be beloved when dead . C " PRO . ANTITHETA ON DEATH . ' Non invenias Essay ii . ] 17 Of Death .
... He drew the dolours from the wounded part .'- Pope's Homer . 96 Now lettest thou thy servant depart .'-- Luke ii . 29 . 10 The same man shall be beloved when dead . C " PRO . ANTITHETA ON DEATH . ' Non invenias Essay ii . ] 17 Of Death .
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Francis Bacon. " PRO . ANTITHETA ON DEATH . ' Non invenias inter humanos affectum tam pusillum , qui si intendatur paulo vehementius , non mortis metum superet . There is no human passion so weak and contemptible , that it may not easily ...
Francis Bacon. " PRO . ANTITHETA ON DEATH . ' Non invenias inter humanos affectum tam pusillum , qui si intendatur paulo vehementius , non mortis metum superet . There is no human passion so weak and contemptible , that it may not easily ...
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... ANTITHETA ON REVENGE . Vindicta privata , justitia agrestis . ' Private revenge is wild justice . ' ' Qui vim rependit , legem tantum violat , non hominem . ' He who returns violence for violence , offends against the law only - not ...
... ANTITHETA ON REVENGE . Vindicta privata , justitia agrestis . ' Private revenge is wild justice . ' ' Qui vim rependit , legem tantum violat , non hominem . ' He who returns violence for violence , offends against the law only - not ...
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... ANTITHETA ON SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION . PRO . ' Dissimulatio , compendiaria sapien- ' The art of concealing is a short cut to the most important part of practical wisdom . ' " Sepes consiliorum , dissimulatio . Concealment is the ...
... ANTITHETA ON SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION . PRO . ' Dissimulatio , compendiaria sapien- ' The art of concealing is a short cut to the most important part of practical wisdom . ' " Sepes consiliorum , dissimulatio . Concealment is the ...
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