Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 61
... Evill shall appeare so peremptory , but that it hath some Out - let of Hope : Which is the lesse hard to doe , because both particular Per- sons , and Factions , are apt enough to flatter themselves , or at least to brave that , which ...
... Evill shall appeare so peremptory , but that it hath some Out - let of Hope : Which is the lesse hard to doe , because both particular Per- sons , and Factions , are apt enough to flatter themselves , or at least to brave that , which ...
Page 81
... 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 Memento quod es Deus , or Vice Dei : The one bridleth their ...
... 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 Memento quod es Deus , or Vice Dei : The one bridleth their ...
Page 96
... Evill , is at the perill of the Publique Fortune . But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Re- publique . For whatsoever Affaires passe such a Mans Hands , he crooketh them to his owne Ends : Which must ...
... Evill , is at the perill of the Publique Fortune . But it is a desperate Evill in a Servant to a Prince , or a Citizen in a Re- publique . For whatsoever Affaires passe such a Mans Hands , he crooketh them to his owne Ends : Which must ...
Page 162
... 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 In- stance is , that for the Atchieving of a desperate Conspiracie , a Man should not rest ...
... 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 In- stance is , that for the Atchieving of a desperate Conspiracie , a Man should not rest ...
Page 241
... all Wise Governers , have as great a watch , and care , over Fames , as they have , of the Actions , and De- signes themselves . The rest was not Finished . K OF THE COULERS OF GOOD AND AND EVILL A FRAGMENT Of Fame 241.
... all Wise Governers , have as great a watch , and care , over Fames , as they have , of the Actions , and De- signes themselves . The rest was not Finished . K OF THE COULERS OF GOOD AND AND EVILL A FRAGMENT Of Fame 241.
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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