Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 9
... maketh them , To sit downe in the chaire of the Scorners . It is but a light Thing , to be Vouched in so Serious a Matter , but yet it expresseth well the Deformity . There is a Master of Scoffing ; that in his Catalogue , of Books , of ...
... maketh them , To sit downe in the chaire of the Scorners . It is but a light Thing , to be Vouched in so Serious a Matter , but yet it expresseth well the Deformity . There is a Master of Scoffing ; that in his Catalogue , of Books , of ...
Page 21
... maketh him prac- tise Simulation , in other things , lest his Hand should be out of ure . The great Advantages of Simulation and Dissimulation are three . First to lay asleepe Opposition , and to Surprize . For where a Mans Intentions ...
... maketh him prac- tise Simulation , in other things , lest his Hand should be out of ure . The great Advantages of Simulation and Dissimulation are three . First to lay asleepe Opposition , and to Surprize . For where a Mans Intentions ...
Page 27
... maketh the vulgar souldier more base . Cer- tainly , Wife and Children , are a kinde of Disci- pline of Humanity : And single Men , though they be many times more Charitable , because their Meanes are lesse exhaust ; yet , on the other ...
... maketh the vulgar souldier more base . Cer- tainly , Wife and Children , are a kinde of Disci- pline of Humanity : And single Men , though they be many times more Charitable , because their Meanes are lesse exhaust ; yet , on the other ...
Page 38
... maketh Men , that they can , no wayes be true , to their owne Ends . I know not how , but Martiall Men , are given to Love : I thinke it is , but as they are given to Wine ; For Perils , commonly aske , to be paid in Pleasures . There ...
... maketh Men , that they can , no wayes be true , to their owne Ends . I know not how , but Martiall Men , are given to Love : I thinke it is , but as they are given to Wine ; For Perils , commonly aske , to be paid in Pleasures . There ...
Page 48
... maketh his Sunne to shine , upon the Iust , and Uniust ; But hee doth not raine Wealth , nor shine Honour , and Vertues , upon Men equally . Common Benefits , are to be commu- nicate with all ; But peculiar Benefits , with choice . And ...
... maketh his Sunne to shine , upon the Iust , and Uniust ; But hee doth not raine Wealth , nor shine Honour , and Vertues , upon Men equally . Common Benefits , are to be commu- nicate with all ; But peculiar Benefits , with choice . And ...
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