 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 556 pages
...reft; nay,. as tho' it were All in All, ihould almoftalone be cry'd up. But the Reafon is plain; for there is in human Nature generally more of the Fool than of the Wife ; and therefore thofe Faculties, by which the foolifti Part of Men's Minds is taken, are moil... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1794 - 640 pages
...fo gaudy a trim as the candle-light of falfehood a. In another place he moft juftly remarks that, ' there is in human nature generally more of the fool, than of the wife : and therefore thofe faculties, by which the foolifh part of mens minds is taken, is the moft... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest; nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the fool...faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business; what first? boldness:... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. -But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the fool...faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ; what first ?... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay, almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and thereE 3 fore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay, almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and thereE 3 _!.. fore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest : nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature, generally, more of the fool...therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of mens minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ; what... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the feol than of the wise; and therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business; what first? boldness:... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest; nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature generally more of the fool...therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of jneu's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...invention, elocution, and the rest: nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason is plain. There is in human nature, generally, more of the fool than of the wise; and therefore those iaculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the... | |
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A strange thing that that part of an orator which is but superficial and rather the virtue of a player should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest; nay almost alone, as if it were all in all. But the reason... 
