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Page 20
For Men are too cunning , to suffer a Man , to keepe an indifferent carriage ,
betweene both , and to be Secret , without Swaying the Ballance , on either side .
They will so beset a man with Questions , and draw him on , and picke it out of
him ...
For Men are too cunning , to suffer a Man , to keepe an indifferent carriage ,
betweene both , and to be Secret , without Swaying the Ballance , on either side .
They will so beset a man with Questions , and draw him on , and picke it out of
him ...
Page 27
... other side , they are more cruell , and hard hearted , ( good to make severe
Inquisitors ) because their Tendernesse , is not so oft called upon . Grave Natures
, led by Custome , and therfore constant , are commonly loving Husbands ; As
was ...
... other side , they are more cruell , and hard hearted , ( good to make severe
Inquisitors ) because their Tendernesse , is not so oft called upon . Grave Natures
, led by Custome , and therfore constant , are commonly loving Husbands ; As
was ...
Page 43
All Rising to Great Place , is by a winding Staire : And if there be Factions , it is
good , to side a Mans selfe , whilest hee is in the Rising ; and to ballance
Himselfe , when hee is placed . Use the Memory of thy Predecessour fairely , and
tenderly ...
All Rising to Great Place , is by a winding Staire : And if there be Factions , it is
good , to side a Mans selfe , whilest hee is in the Rising ; and to ballance
Himselfe , when hee is placed . Use the Memory of thy Predecessour fairely , and
tenderly ...
Page 49
Neither is there only a Habit of Goodnesse , directed by right Reason ; but there
is , in some Men , even in Nature , a Disposition towards it : As on the other side ,
there is a Naturall Malignitie . For there be , that in their Nature , doe not affect the
...
Neither is there only a Habit of Goodnesse , directed by right Reason ; but there
is , in some Men , even in Nature , a Disposition towards it : As on the other side ,
there is a Naturall Malignitie . For there be , that in their Nature , doe not affect the
...
Page 52
Besides , Noble persons , cannot goe much higher ; And he that standeth at a
stay , when others rise , can hardly avoid Motions of Envy . On the other side ,
Nobility extinguisheth the passive Envy , from others towards them ; Because
they are ...
Besides , Noble persons , cannot goe much higher ; And he that standeth at a
stay , when others rise , can hardly avoid Motions of Envy . On the other side ,
Nobility extinguisheth the passive Envy , from others towards them ; Because
they are ...
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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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