Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 15
... evill also ? And so of Friends in a proportion . This is certaine ; That a Man that studieth Re- venge , keepes his owne Wounds greene , which otherwise would heale , and doe well . Publique Revenges , are , for the most part ...
... evill also ? And so of Friends in a proportion . This is certaine ; That a Man that studieth Re- venge , keepes his owne Wounds greene , which otherwise would heale , and doe well . Publique Revenges , are , for the most part ...
Page 29
... Evill Eye : And the Astrologers , call the evill Influences of the Starrs , Evill Aspects ; So that still , there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the Act of Envy , an Eiaculation , or Irradiation of the Eye . Nay some have beene so ...
... Evill Eye : And the Astrologers , call the evill Influences of the Starrs , Evill Aspects ; So that still , there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the Act of Envy , an Eiaculation , or Irradiation of the Eye . Nay some have beene so ...
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... Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers Vertue , will seeke to come at even hand , by Depressing an others Fortune . A man that is Busy , and Inquisitive , is com ...
... Evill ; And who wanteth the one , wil prey upon the other ; And who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers Vertue , will seeke to come at even hand , by Depressing an others Fortune . A man that is Busy , and Inquisitive , is com ...
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... Evill ; wherof the latter is a Curse ; For in Evill , the best condition is , not to will ; The Second , not to Can . But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . For good Thoughts ( though God accept them , ) yet ...
... Evill ; wherof the latter is a Curse ; For in Evill , the best condition is , not to will ; The Second , not to Can . But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . For good Thoughts ( though God accept them , ) yet ...
Page 52
... evill Arts . But it is Reason , the Memory of their vertues , remaine to their Posterity ; And their Faults die with themselves . Nobility of Birth , commonly abateth Industry : And he that is not industrious , envieth him , that is ...
... evill Arts . But it is Reason , the Memory of their vertues , remaine to their Posterity ; And their Faults die with themselves . Nobility of Birth , commonly abateth Industry : And he that is not industrious , envieth him , that is ...
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