Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page xviii
... Names I once heard from Dr. Rawley ; but I cannot now recal them . To this Latine Edition , he gave the Title of Sermones Fideles , after the manner of the Jews , who call'd the words Adagies , or Observations of the Wise , Faithful ...
... Names I once heard from Dr. Rawley ; but I cannot now recal them . To this Latine Edition , he gave the Title of Sermones Fideles , after the manner of the Jews , who call'd the words Adagies , or Observations of the Wise , Faithful ...
Page xxiii
... names of the plants con- tained in the Essay " Of Gardens " I have endeavoured as far as possible , by consulting the old herbals of Lyte , Gerarde , and Parkinson , to identify them with the more modern appellations , but I cannot hope ...
... names of the plants con- tained in the Essay " Of Gardens " I have endeavoured as far as possible , by consulting the old herbals of Lyte , Gerarde , and Parkinson , to identify them with the more modern appellations , but I cannot hope ...
Page xxvii
... Name is as a precious SAL oyntment ; And I assure my selfe , such wil your Graces Name bee , with Posteritie . For your Fortune , and Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub ...
... Name is as a precious SAL oyntment ; And I assure my selfe , such wil your Graces Name bee , with Posteritie . For your Fortune , and Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub ...
Page 19
... name of Cer- tainty , and Veracity ; But then they were like Horses , well mannaged ; For they could tell passing well , when to stop , or turne : And at such times , when they thought the Case indeed , required Dissimulation , if then ...
... name of Cer- tainty , and Veracity ; But then they were like Horses , well mannaged ; For they could tell passing well , when to stop , or turne : And at such times , when they thought the Case indeed , required Dissimulation , if then ...
Page 34
... name of Discontentment : Of which we shall speake in handling Sedition . It is a disease , in a State , like to Infection . For as Infection , spreadeth upon that , which is sound , and taint- eth it ; So when Envy , is gotten once into ...
... name of Discontentment : Of which we shall speake in handling Sedition . It is a disease , in a State , like to Infection . For as Infection , spreadeth upon that , which is sound , and taint- eth it ; So when Envy , is gotten once into ...
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Adagia added Æsop amongst Antith Atheisme Augustus Cæsar Bacon better Businesse Cæsar cause Certainly Cicero colour commeth commonly Comp couler Counsell Counsellours Cunning danger Discontentments Discourse doth edition Envy Epimetheus Errours ESSAY Estate evill Factions Fame farre Favour Fortune Frend Frendship Garden generall goeth Greatnesse hath haue himselfe Hist Honour inferiour Iudge Iudgement kinde Kingdom of Britain Kings Latin adds likewise lviii maketh Matter Meanes Minde Moneyes Naturall Nature Nobility Number omitted Opinion Ovid Persons Place Plutarch Poets Pompey Princes principall quæ quam quod Religion Riches saith Seditions seemeth selfe setled severall shew side sometimes Sonne Sort speake Speech Subiects Sunne sunt sure Sutes Tacitus therfore Things Tiberius tion true unto Usury Vertue Vespasian vpon Vulgate Warre Weaknesse wherein whereof wise Wisedome xlvi xxix xxvii xxxiii