Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page xvii
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage " To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is trans- lated nearly word for word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this ...
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage " To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is trans- lated nearly word for word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this ...
Page xxviii
... Prince : And these I dedicate to your Grace ; Being of the best Fruits , that by the good Encrease , which God giues to my Pen and Labours , I could yeeld . God leade your Grace by the Hand . Your Graces most Obliged and faithfull ...
... Prince : And these I dedicate to your Grace ; Being of the best Fruits , that by the good Encrease , which God giues to my Pen and Labours , I could yeeld . God leade your Grace by the Hand . Your Graces most Obliged and faithfull ...
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... Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to make the cause of Religion , to descend , to the cruell and execrable Actions , of Murthering Princes , But- chery of People , and Subversion of States , and Governments ? Surely , this ...
... Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to make the cause of Religion , to descend , to the cruell and execrable Actions , of Murthering Princes , But- chery of People , and Subversion of States , and Governments ? Surely , this ...
Page 14
... Princes part to Pardon . And Salomon , I am sure , saith , It is the glory of a Man to passe by an offence . which is past , is gone , and Irrevocable ; And wise Men have Enough to doe , with things pre- sent , and to come : Therefore ...
... Princes part to Pardon . And Salomon , I am sure , saith , It is the glory of a Man to passe by an offence . which is past , is gone , and Irrevocable ; And wise Men have Enough to doe , with things pre- sent , and to come : Therefore ...
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... Princes lesse ; And more ever upon the first entrance of Bold Persons into Action , then soone after ; For Boldnesse is an ill keeper of promise . Surely , as there are Mountebanques for the Naturall Body : So are there Mountebanques ...
... Princes lesse ; And more ever upon the first entrance of Bold Persons into Action , then soone after ; For Boldnesse is an ill keeper of promise . Surely , as there are Mountebanques for the Naturall Body : So are there Mountebanques ...
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