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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... without much expan- sion ; no annotator , I fear , can adequately elucidate them without himself writing essays upon their various points . ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL . I - OF TRUTH . INTRODUCTION TO BACON'S ESSAYS, ESSAY.
... without much expan- sion ; no annotator , I fear , can adequately elucidate them without himself writing essays upon their various points . ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL . I - OF TRUTH . INTRODUCTION TO BACON'S ESSAYS, ESSAY.
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... fear God , howsoever it seems not in him . ' 21. Truth , which only doth judge itself ' - i.e . Truth itself is the sole authority which can judge of Truth ; only those who are true can possibly know what Truth is . A man cannot ex ...
... fear God , howsoever it seems not in him . ' 21. Truth , which only doth judge itself ' - i.e . Truth itself is the sole authority which can judge of Truth ; only those who are true can possibly know what Truth is . A man cannot ex ...
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... fear Death as children fear to go in1 the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of Death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is holy and ...
... fear Death as children fear to go in1 the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of Death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is holy and ...
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... fear of Death ; and therefore Death is no such terrible enemy when a man has so many attendants11 about him that can win the combat of him.12 Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; Fear ...
... fear of Death ; and therefore Death is no such terrible enemy when a man has so many attendants11 about him that can win the combat of him.12 Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; Fear ...
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... fear and cast yourself in wonder ' -Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar . ' Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ' -Merchant of Venice . But first I'll turn yon fellow in his grave ' — Richard III . ' weak ' -foolish ...
... fear and cast yourself in wonder ' -Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar . ' Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ' -Merchant of Venice . But first I'll turn yon fellow in his grave ' — Richard III . ' weak ' -foolish ...
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affections ANALYSIS OF ESSAY ancient atheism Bacon says better body bold called cause certainly cloth common commonly corrupt counsel counsellors Cunning danger death desire discontentments dissimulation doth emperor Envy Epicurus Epimetheus evil F. G. FLEAY false favour Fcap fear fortune Friendship give hand hath heart Henry Henry VII honour hurt Ionic school Julius Cæsar keep kind kings Latin less light maketh man's Maps matter means men's mind moral motion nature ness never Nobility noble NOTES ON ESSAY opinion persons philosopher pleasure Plutarch poet Pompey primum mobile princes Ptolemaic system reference religion remedy revenge Roman saith secrecy secret Seditions seemeth Sejanus sense Septimius Severus servants Shakespeare shows soldiers sometimes speak speech superstition suspicion Tacitus things thou thought Tiberius tion true truth unto verb Vespasian virtue wife wisdom wise word
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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.