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Page xviii
... or Observations of the Wise , Faithful Sayings ; that is , credible Propositions
worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more
particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes 3 , where the Preacher
saith ...
... or Observations of the Wise , Faithful Sayings ; that is , credible Propositions
worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more
particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes 3 , where the Preacher
saith ...
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It is worthy the observing , that there is no passion in the minde of man , so weake
, but it Mates , and Masters , the Feare of Death : And therefore Death , is no such
terrible Enemie , when a man hath so many Attendants , about him , that can ...
It is worthy the observing , that there is no passion in the minde of man , so weake
, but it Mates , and Masters , the Feare of Death : And therefore Death , is no such
terrible Enemie , when a man hath so many Attendants , about him , that can ...
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And it was a notable Observation , of a wise Father , And no lesse ingenuously
confessed ; That those , which held and perswaded , pressure of Consciences ,
were commonly interessed therin , themselves , for their owne ends .
And it was a notable Observation , of a wise Father , And no lesse ingenuously
confessed ; That those , which held and perswaded , pressure of Consciences ,
were commonly interessed therin , themselves , for their owne ends .
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There be three degrees , of this Hiding , and Vailing of a Mans Selfe . The first
Closenesse , Reservation , and Secrecy ; when a Man leaveth himselfe without
Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimulation ,
in ...
There be three degrees , of this Hiding , and Vailing of a Mans Selfe . The first
Closenesse , Reservation , and Secrecy ; when a Man leaveth himselfe without
Observation , or without Hold to be taken , what he is . The second Dissimulation ,
in ...
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For Men thinke , that they earne their Honours hardly , and pitty them sometimes ;
And Pitty , ever healeth Envy : Wherefore , you shall observe that the more deepe
, and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Greatnesse , are ever bemoaning ...
For Men thinke , that they earne their Honours hardly , and pitty them sometimes ;
And Pitty , ever healeth Envy : Wherefore , you shall observe that the more deepe
, and sober sort of Politique persons , in their Greatnesse , are ever bemoaning ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil Golden treasury series |
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1879 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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