Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 23
... so both Children , and Creatures . The difference in Affection , of Parents , to- wards their severall Children , is many times unequall ; And sometimes unworthy ; Especially in the mother ; As Salomon saith ; A wise.
... so both Children , and Creatures . The difference in Affection , of Parents , to- wards their severall Children , is many times unequall ; And sometimes unworthy ; Especially in the mother ; As Salomon saith ; A wise.
Page 25
... Affection or Aptnesse of the Children , be Extraordinary , then it is good , not to crosse it ; But generally , the Precept is good ; Optimum elige , suave & facile illud faciet Consuetudo . Younger Bro- thers are commonly Fortunate ...
... Affection or Aptnesse of the Children , be Extraordinary , then it is good , not to crosse it ; But generally , the Precept is good ; Optimum elige , suave & facile illud faciet Consuetudo . Younger Bro- thers are commonly Fortunate ...
Page 26
... Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it were great Reason , that those that have Children , should have great- est care of future times ; unto which , they know , they must transmit , their dearest pledges ...
... Affection , and Meanes , have married and endowed the Publike . Yet it were great Reason , that those that have Children , should have great- est care of future times ; unto which , they know , they must transmit , their dearest pledges ...
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... Affections , which have beene noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but Love , and Envy . They both have vehement wishes ; They frame themselves readily into Imaginations , and Suggestions ; And they come easily into the Eye ; especially ...
... Affections , which have beene noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but Love , and Envy . They both have vehement wishes ; They frame themselves readily into Imaginations , and Suggestions ; And they come easily into the Eye ; especially ...
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... Affection of Envy ; that of all other Affections , it is the most importune , and continuall . For of · other Affections , there is occasion given , but now and then : And therefore , it was well said , Invi- dia festos dies non agit ...
... Affection of Envy ; that of all other Affections , it is the most importune , and continuall . For of · other Affections , there is occasion given , but now and then : And therefore , it was well said , Invi- dia festos dies non agit ...
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Adagia added Æsop amongst Antith Atheisme Augustus Cæsar Bacon better Businesse Cæsar cause Certainly Cicero colour commeth commonly Comp couler Counsell Counsellours Cunning danger Discontentments Discourse doth edition Envy Epimetheus Errours ESSAY Estate evill Factions Fame farre Favour Fortune Frend Frendship Garden generall goeth Greatnesse hath haue himselfe Hist Honour inferiour Iudge Iudgement kinde Kingdom of Britain Kings Latin adds likewise lviii maketh Matter Meanes Minde Moneyes Naturall Nature Nobility Number omitted Opinion Ovid Persons Place Plutarch Poets Pompey Princes principall quæ quam quod Religion Riches saith Seditions seemeth selfe setled severall shew side sometimes Sonne Sort speake Speech Subiects Sunne sunt sure Sutes Tacitus therfore Things Tiberius tion true unto Usury Vertue Vespasian vpon Vulgate Warre Weaknesse wherein whereof wise Wisedome xlvi xxix xxvii xxxiii