Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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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 , it ...
... 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 , it ...
Page 31
... better accepted , there was no Body to looke on . Thus much for those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For ...
... better accepted , there was no Body to looke on . Thus much for those that are apt to Envy . Concerning those that are more or lesse sub- iect to Envy : First , Persons of eminent Vertue , when they are advanced , are lesse envied . For ...
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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