The essays, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord Verulam, with intr. and notes by H. Lewis, Volume 1 |
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... best in varied lights . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure . Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , OF TRUTH,
... best in varied lights . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure . Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , OF TRUTH,
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... false valuations , imaginations as one would , 18 and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indisposition , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great ...
... false valuations , imaginations as one would , 18 and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indisposition , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great ...
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... false and per- fidious ; 30 and therefore Montaigne 31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge , saith he , ' If it be well weighed to say that a man lieth ...
... false and per- fidious ; 30 and therefore Montaigne 31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge , saith he , ' If it be well weighed to say that a man lieth ...
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... false and perfidious . ' The latter adjective is much stronger than the former . A perfidious man is one who not only acts falsely , but acts falsely after having pledged his faith to be true . 31. ' Montaigne . ' Michel Seigneur de ...
... false and perfidious . ' The latter adjective is much stronger than the former . A perfidious man is one who not only acts falsely , but acts falsely after having pledged his faith to be true . 31. ' Montaigne . ' Michel Seigneur de ...
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... false peaces or Unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but 32 upon an implicit 33 ignorance , for all colours will agree in the dark ; the other , when it is pieced 34 up upon a direct admission of contraries in fundamental ...
... false peaces or Unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but 32 upon an implicit 33 ignorance , for all colours will agree in the dark ; the other , when it is pieced 34 up upon a direct admission of contraries in fundamental ...
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Page 69 - How that might change his nature, there's the question: It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — that? And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with.
Page 35 - We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Page 12 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen.
Page 108 - ... of acquaintance. Let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen, and diet in such places where there is good company of the nation where he travelleth. Let him upon his removes from one place to another procure recommendation to some person of quality residing in the place whither he removeth, that he may use his favour in those things he desireth to see or know.
Page 141 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.
Page 98 - melior natura;' 16 which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature in itself could not obtain...
Page 20 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 152 - Roman name attaineth the true use and cause thereof; naming them participes curarum ; for it is that which tieth the knot. And we see plainly that this hath been done, not by weak and passionate princes only, but by the wisest and most politic that ever reigned, who have oftentimes joined to themselves some of their servants, whom both themselves have called friends and allowed others likewise to call them in the same manner, using the word which is received between private men.
Page 108 - ... warehouses, exercises of horsemanship, fencing, training of soldiers, and the like: comedies, such whereunto the better sort of persons do resort; treasuries of jewels and robes; cabinets and rarities; and, to conclude, whatsoever is memorable in the places where they go; after all which the tutors or servants ought to make diligent inquiry.
Page 96 - Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion; that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal.