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In addition to this I have quoted , where possible , any parallel passages which I
had met with in other works of Bacon , and which appeared either to contain the
germ of an Essay , or to exhibit the same thought in another form . Throughout I ...
In addition to this I have quoted , where possible , any parallel passages which I
had met with in other works of Bacon , and which appeared either to contain the
germ of an Essay , or to exhibit the same thought in another form . Throughout I ...
Page xxvii
I haue enlarged them , both in Number , and Weight ; So that they are indeed a
New Worke . I thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to
your Grace , to prefix your Name before them , both in English , and in Latine .
I haue enlarged them , both in Number , and Weight ; So that they are indeed a
New Worke . I thought it therefore agreeable , to my Affection , and Obligation to
your Grace , to prefix your Name before them , both in English , and in Latine .
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But it is not onely the Difficultie , and Labour , which Men take in finding out of
Truth ; Nor againe , that when it is found , it imposeth upon mens Thoughts ; that
doth bring Lies in favour : But a naturall , though corrupt Love , of the Lie it selfe .
But it is not onely the Difficultie , and Labour , which Men take in finding out of
Truth ; Nor againe , that when it is found , it imposeth upon mens Thoughts ; that
doth bring Lies in favour : But a naturall , though corrupt Love , of the Lie it selfe .
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For the first of these , Secrecy : It is indeed , the 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
Discoverie ; As ...
For the first of these , Secrecy : It is indeed , the 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
Discoverie ; As ...
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Some there are , who though they lead a Single Life , yet their Thoughts doe end
with themselves , and account future ... foolish rich covetous Men , that take a
pride in having no Children , because they may be thought , so much the richer .
Some there are , who though they lead a Single Life , yet their Thoughts doe end
with themselves , and account future ... foolish rich covetous Men , that take a
pride in having no Children , because they may be thought , so much the richer .
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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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