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Page 96
Divide with reason betweene Selfe - love , and Society : And be so true to thy
Selfe , as thou be not false to Others ; Specially to thy King , and Country . It is a
poore Center of a Mans Actions , Himselfe . It is right Earth . For that onely stands
fast ...
Divide with reason betweene Selfe - love , and Society : And be so true to thy
Selfe , as thou be not false to Others ; Specially to thy King , and Country . It is a
poore Center of a Mans Actions , Himselfe . It is right Earth . For that onely stands
fast ...
Page 116
Therefore Extraordinary Expence must be limitted by the Worth of the Occasion :
For Voluntary Undoing , may be aswell for a Mans Country , as for the Kingdome
of Heaven . But Ordinary Expence ought to be limitted by a Mans Estate ; And ...
Therefore Extraordinary Expence must be limitted by the Worth of the Occasion :
For Voluntary Undoing , may be aswell for a Mans Country , as for the Kingdome
of Heaven . But Ordinary Expence ought to be limitted by a Mans Estate ; And ...
Page 121
It is true , that Taxes levied by Consent of the Estate , doe abate Mens Courage
lesse ; As it hath beene seene notably , in the Excises of the Low Countries ; And
in some degree , in the Subsidies of England . For you must note , that we speake
...
It is true , that Taxes levied by Consent of the Estate , doe abate Mens Courage
lesse ; As it hath beene seene notably , in the Excises of the Low Countries ; And
in some degree , in the Subsidies of England . For you must note , that we speake
...
Page 122
So in Countries , if the Gentlemen be too many , the Commons will be base ; And
you will bring it to that , that not the hundred poll , will be fit for an Helmet :
Especially as to the Infantery , which is the Nerve of an Army : And so there will
be ...
So in Countries , if the Gentlemen be too many , the Commons will be base ; And
you will bring it to that , that not the hundred poll , will be fit for an Helmet :
Especially as to the Infantery , which is the Nerve of an Army : And so there will
be ...
Page 139
Planting of Countries , is like Planting of Woods ; For you must make account , to
leese almost Twenty yeeres Profit , and expect your Recompence , in the end .
For the Principall Thing , that hath beene the Destruction of most Plantations ,
hath ...
Planting of Countries , is like Planting of Woods ; For you must make account , to
leese almost Twenty yeeres Profit , and expect your Recompence , in the end .
For the Principall Thing , that hath beene the Destruction of most Plantations ,
hath ...
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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 |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1868 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 May 2005 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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