Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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... Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The Ver- tue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the New ; which carrieth ...
... Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The Ver- tue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue . Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the New ; which carrieth ...
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... Vertue of a Confessour ; And assuredly , the Secret Man , heareth many Confessions ; For who will open himselfe , to a Blab or a Babler ? But if a Man be thought Secret , it inviteth Disco- verie ; As the more Close Aire , sucketh in ...
... Vertue of a Confessour ; And assuredly , the Secret Man , heareth many Confessions ; For who will open himselfe , to a Blab or a Babler ? But if a Man be thought Secret , it inviteth Disco- verie ; As the more Close Aire , sucketh in ...
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... Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it ...
... Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried , or Childlesse Men ; which , both in Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it ...
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... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
... vertue in himselfe , ever envieth Vertue in others . For Mens Mindes , will either feed upon their owne Good , or upon others Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers ...
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... those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no Of Enby 31.
... those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For their Fortune seemeth but due unto them ; and no Of Enby 31.
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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