Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 19
... second Dissimu- lation , in the Negative ; when a man lets fall Signes , and Arguments , that he is not , that he is . And the third Simulation , in the Affirmative ; when a Man industriously , and expressely , faigns , and pretends to ...
... second Dissimu- lation , in the Negative ; when a man lets fall Signes , and Arguments , that he is not , that he is . And the third Simulation , in the Affirmative ; when a Man industriously , and expressely , faigns , and pretends to ...
Page 20
... Second , which is Dissimulation . It followeth many times upon Secrecy , by a neces- sity : So that , he that will be Secret , must be a Dissembler , in some degree . For Men are too cunning , to suffer a Man , to keepe an indifferent ...
... Second , which is Dissimulation . It followeth many times upon Secrecy , by a neces- sity : So that , he that will be Secret , must be a Dissembler , in some degree . For Men are too cunning , to suffer a Man , to keepe an indifferent ...
Page 21
... second is , to reserve to a Mans Selfe , a faire Retreat : For if a man engage himselfe , by a manifest De- claration , he must goe through , or take a Fall . The third is , the better to discover the Minde of another . For to him that ...
... second is , to reserve to a Mans Selfe , a faire Retreat : For if a man engage himselfe , by a manifest De- claration , he must goe through , or take a Fall . The third is , the better to discover the Minde of another . For to him that ...
Page 22
... second , that it pusleth & per- plexeth the Conceits of many ; that perhaps would otherwise co - operate with him ; and makes a Man walke , almost alone , to his owne Ends . The third , and greatest is , that it de- priveth a Man , of ...
... second , that it pusleth & per- plexeth the Conceits of many ; that perhaps would otherwise co - operate with him ; and makes a Man walke , almost alone , to his owne Ends . The third , and greatest is , that it de- priveth a Man , of ...
Page 40
... Second , not to Can . But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . For good Thoughts ( though God accept them , ) yet towards men , are little better then good Dreames ; Except they be put in Act ; And that cannot ...
... Second , not to Can . But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . For good Thoughts ( though God accept them , ) yet towards men , are little better then good Dreames ; Except they be put in Act ; And that cannot ...
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