Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 78
Page 13
... 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 is to bring Downe the Holy Ghost , in ...
... 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 is to bring Downe the Holy Ghost , in ...
Page 14
... better then mee ? And if any Man should doe wrong , meerely out of ill nature , why ? yet it is but like the Thorn , or Bryar , which prick , and scratch , because they can doe no other . The most Tolerable Sort of Revenge , is.
... better then mee ? And if any Man should doe wrong , meerely out of ill nature , why ? yet it is but like the Thorn , or Bryar , which prick , and scratch , because they can doe no other . The most Tolerable Sort of Revenge , is.
Page 15
... better tune ; Shall wee ( saith he ) take good at Gods Hands , and not be content to take evill also ? And so of Friends in a proportion . This is certaine ; That a Man that studieth Re- venge , keepes his owne Wounds greene , which ...
... better tune ; Shall wee ( saith he ) take good at Gods Hands , and not be content to take evill also ? And so of Friends in a proportion . This is certaine ; That a Man that studieth Re- venge , keepes his owne Wounds greene , which ...
Page 16
... better in Poesy ; where Transcendences are more al- lowed . And the Poets indeed , have beene busy with it ; For it is , in effect , the thing , which is figured in that Strange Fiction , of the Ancient Poets , which seemeth not to be ...
... better in Poesy ; where Transcendences are more al- lowed . And the Poets indeed , have beene busy with it ; For it is , in effect , the thing , which is figured in that Strange Fiction , of the Ancient Poets , which seemeth not to be ...
Page 21
... better to discover the Minde of another . For to him that opens himselfe , Men will hardly shew themselves adverse ; but will . ( faire ) let him goe on , and turne their Freedome of Speech , to Freedome of thought . And there- fore ...
... better to discover the Minde of another . For to him that opens himselfe , Men will hardly shew themselves adverse ; but will . ( faire ) let him goe on , and turne their Freedome of Speech , to Freedome of thought . And there- fore ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adagia added Æsop amongst Antith Apoph Atheisme Augustus Cæsar autem Bacon Balthazar Gérard better Businesse Cæsar called cause Certainly colour commeth commonly Comp couler Counsell Counsellours Cunning danger doth edition Envy Errours ESSAY Estate evill Factions Fame farre Favour Fortune Frend Frendship generall goeth Greatnesse hath haue himselfe Hist Honour instar Iudge Iudgement kinde Kingdom of Britain Kingdomes Kings Latin adds likewise lviii maketh Matter Meanes Minde Moneyes mought Naturall Nature Nobility Number omitted Opinion Ovid Persons Place Plut Plutarch Poets Pompey Princes Promus quæ quam quod quoted Religion saith seemeth selfe severall shew side Sort speake Speech subiect Sunne sunt Sutes Tacitus therfore Things tion translation true unto Usury Vertue Vespasian vpon Vulgate Warre Weaknesse wherein whereof wise Wisedome xlvi xxix xxvii xxxiii