Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page viii
... haue an Orcharde ill neighbored , that gather their fruit before it is ripe , to preuent stealing . These frag- ments of my conceites were going to print ; To labour the staie of them had bin troublesome , and subiect to interpretation ...
... haue an Orcharde ill neighbored , that gather their fruit before it is ripe , to preuent stealing . These frag- ments of my conceites were going to print ; To labour the staie of them had bin troublesome , and subiect to interpretation ...
Page ix
... haue preferred them to you that are next my selfe , Dedicating them , such as they are , to our loue , in the depth whereof ( I assure you ) I sometimes wish your infirmities translated vppon my selfe , that her Maiestie mought haue the ...
... haue preferred them to you that are next my selfe , Dedicating them , such as they are , to our loue , in the depth whereof ( I assure you ) I sometimes wish your infirmities translated vppon my selfe , that her Maiestie mought haue the ...
Page xxvii
... haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub- lish my Essayes ; which of all my other workes , haue beene most Currant : For that , as it seemes , they come home , to Mens Businesse , and ...
... haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to last . I doe now pub- lish my Essayes ; which of all my other workes , haue beene most Currant : For that , as it seemes , they come home , to Mens Businesse , and ...
Page xxviii
... haue now also translated into Latine ) and my Portions of Naturall History , to the Prince : And these I dedicate to your Grace ; Being of the best Fruits , that by the good Encrease , which God giues to my Pen and Labours , I could ...
... haue now also translated into Latine ) and my Portions of Naturall History , to the Prince : And these I dedicate to your Grace ; Being of the best Fruits , that by the good Encrease , which God giues to my Pen and Labours , I could ...
Page 270
... haue much cunning to seeme to knowe that he doth not knowe : Histories make men wise ; Poets witty : the Mathematiques subtile ; Naturall Philoso- phie deepe : Morall graue : Logique , and Retho- rique able to contende . OF DISCOURSE ...
... haue much cunning to seeme to knowe that he doth not knowe : Histories make men wise ; Poets witty : the Mathematiques subtile ; Naturall Philoso- phie deepe : Morall graue : Logique , and Retho- rique able to contende . OF DISCOURSE ...
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