Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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... side . They will so beset a man with Questions , and draw him on , and picke it out of him , that without an absurd Silence , he must shew an Inclination , one way ; Or if he doe not , they will gather as much by his Silence , as by his ...
... side . They will so beset a man with Questions , and draw him on , and picke it out of him , that without an absurd Silence , he must shew an Inclination , one way ; Or if he doe not , they will gather as much by his Silence , as by his ...
Page 27
... side , they are more cruell , and hard heart- ed , ( 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 ...
... side , they are more cruell , and hard heart- ed , ( 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 ...
Page 43
... 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 ten- derly ; For if thou dost not , it is a Debt , will sure be paid , when thou art ...
... 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 ten- derly ; For if thou dost not , it is a Debt , will sure be paid , when thou art ...
Page 49
... side , there is a Naturall Malignitie . For there be , that in their Nature , doe not affect the Good of Others . The lighter Sort of Malignitie , turneth but to a Crosnesse , or Frowardnesse , or Aptnesse to op- pose , or Difficilnesse ...
... side , there is a Naturall Malignitie . For there be , that in their Nature , doe not affect the Good of Others . The lighter Sort of Malignitie , turneth but to a Crosnesse , or Frowardnesse , or Aptnesse to op- pose , or Difficilnesse ...
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... 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 in possession of Honour 52 Essayes.
... 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 in possession of Honour 52 Essayes.
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