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Page 61
... when it cannot by Satisfaction : And when it can handle things , in such manner
, as no Evill shall appeare so peremptory , but that it hath some Out - let of Hope :
Which is the lesse hard to doe , because both particular Persons , and Factions ...
... when it cannot by Satisfaction : And when it can handle things , in such manner
, as no Evill shall appeare so peremptory , but that it hath some Out - let of Hope :
Which is the lesse hard to doe , because both particular Persons , and Factions ...
Page 81
Princes are like to Heavenly Bodies , which cause good or evill times ; And which
have much Veneration , but no Rest . All precepts concerning Kings , are in effect
comprehended ; in those two Remembrances : Memento quod es Homo ; And ...
Princes are like to Heavenly Bodies , which cause good or evill times ; And which
have much Veneration , but no Rest . All precepts concerning Kings , are in effect
comprehended ; in those two Remembrances : Memento quod es Homo ; And ...
Page 96
But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Republique .
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 his Master , or
State ...
But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Republique .
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 his Master , or
State ...
Page 153
So Ambitious Men , if they finde the way Open for their Rising , and still get
forward , they are rather Busie then Dangerņus ; But if they be check't in their
desires , they become secretly discontent , and looke upon Men and matters ,
with an Evill ...
So Ambitious Men , if they finde the way Open for their Rising , and still get
forward , they are rather Busie then Dangerņus ; But if they be check't in their
desires , they become secretly discontent , and looke upon Men and matters ,
with an Evill ...
Page 162
And therefore , as Macciavel well noteth ( though in an evill favoured Instance )
There is no Trusting to the Force of Nature , nor to the Bravery of Words ; Except it
be Corroborate by Custome . His Instance is , that for the Atchieving of a ...
And therefore , as Macciavel well noteth ( though in an evill favoured Instance )
There is no Trusting to the Force of Nature , nor to the Bravery of Words ; Except it
be Corroborate by Custome . His Instance is , that for the Atchieving of a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil Golden treasury series |
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1879 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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