Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 23
... Children ; Beholding them , as the Contin- uance , not only of their kinde , but of their Worke ; And so both Children , and Creatures . The difference in Affection , of Parents , to- wards their severall Children , is many times ...
... Children ; Beholding them , as the Contin- uance , not only of their kinde , but of their Worke ; And so both Children , and Creatures . The difference in Affection , of Parents , to- wards their severall Children , is many times ...
Page 24
... Children , one or two , of the Eldest , respected , and the Youngest made wantons ; But in the middest , some that are , as it were forgotten , who , many times , neverthelesse , prove the best . The Illiberalitie of Parents , in ...
... Children , one or two , of the Eldest , respected , and the Youngest made wantons ; But in the middest , some that are , as it were forgotten , who , many times , neverthelesse , prove the best . The Illiberalitie of Parents , in ...
Page 25
... 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 , but seldome or never , where ...
... 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 , but seldome or never , where ...
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... Children , hath given Hostages to Fortune ; For they are Imped- iments , to great Enterprises , either of Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried ...
... Children , hath given Hostages to Fortune ; For they are Imped- iments , to great Enterprises , either of Vertue , or Mischiefe . Certainly , the best workes , and of greatest Merit for the Publike , have proceeded from the unmarried ...
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... Children : And I thinke the Despising of Marriage , amongst the Turkes , maketh the vulgar souldier more base . Cer- tainly , Wife and Children , are a kinde of Disci- pline of Humanity : And single Men , though they be many times more ...
... Children : And I thinke the Despising of Marriage , amongst the Turkes , maketh the vulgar souldier more base . Cer- tainly , Wife and Children , are a kinde of Disci- pline of Humanity : And single Men , though they be many times more ...
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