Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 52
... Fortune . It is well , when Nobles are not too great for Soveraignty , nor for Iustice ; And yet maintained in that heigth , as the Insolencie of Inferiours , may be broken upon them , before it come on too fast upon the Maiesty of ...
... Fortune . It is well , when Nobles are not too great for Soveraignty , nor for Iustice ; And yet maintained in that heigth , as the Insolencie of Inferiours , may be broken upon them , before it come on too fast upon the Maiesty of ...
Page 76
... Fortunes ; turne in their latter yeares , to be Superstitious and Melancholy : As did Alexander the Great ; Dioclesian ; And in our memory , Charles the fift ; And others : For he that is used to goe forward , and findeth a Stop ...
... Fortunes ; turne in their latter yeares , to be Superstitious and Melancholy : As did Alexander the Great ; Dioclesian ; And in our memory , Charles the fift ; And others : For he that is used to goe forward , and findeth a Stop ...
Page 77
... Fortune : And let men beware , how they neglect , and suffer Matter of Trouble , to be prepared : For no Man can forbid the Sparke , nor tell whence it may come . The difficulties in Princes Businesse , are many and great ; But the ...
... Fortune : And let men beware , how they neglect , and suffer Matter of Trouble , to be prepared : For no Man can forbid the Sparke , nor tell whence it may come . The difficulties in Princes Businesse , are many and great ; But the ...
Page 82
... Fortune ; And be full of Inconstancy , doing , and undoing , like the Reeling of a drunk- en Man . Salomons Sonne found the Force of Counsell , as his Father saw the Necessity of it . For the Beloved Kingdome of God was first rent , and ...
... Fortune ; And be full of Inconstancy , doing , and undoing , like the Reeling of a drunk- en Man . Salomons Sonne found the Force of Counsell , as his Father saw the Necessity of it . For the Beloved Kingdome of God was first rent , and ...
Page 96
... Fortune . But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Re- publique . For whatsoever Affaires passe such a Mans Hands , he crooketh them to his owne Ends : Which must needs be often Eccentrick to the Ends of ...
... Fortune . But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Re- publique . For whatsoever Affaires passe such a Mans Hands , he crooketh them to his owne Ends : Which must needs be often Eccentrick to the Ends of ...
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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