Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 52
... maketh a kinde of Dispro- portion , betweene Honour and Meanes . As for Nobility in particular Persons ; It is a Reverend Thing , to see an Ancient Castle , or Building not in decay ; Or to see a faire Timber Tree , sound and perfect ...
... maketh a kinde of Dispro- portion , betweene Honour and Meanes . As for Nobility in particular Persons ; It is a Reverend Thing , to see an Ancient Castle , or Building not in decay ; Or to see a faire Timber Tree , sound and perfect ...
Page 61
... maketh the Wound bleed inwards , endangereth maligne Ulcers , and pernicious Impostumations . The Part of Epimetheus , mought well be- come Prometheus , in the case of Discontent- ments ; For there is not a better provision a- gainst ...
... maketh the Wound bleed inwards , endangereth maligne Ulcers , and pernicious Impostumations . The Part of Epimetheus , mought well be- come Prometheus , in the case of Discontent- ments ; For there is not a better provision a- gainst ...
Page 65
... maketh that there were no God . It appeareth in nothing more , that Atheisme is rather in the Lip , then in the Heart of Man , then by this ; That Atheists will ever be talking of that their Opinion , as if they fainted in it , within ...
... maketh that there were no God . It appeareth in nothing more , that Atheisme is rather in the Lip , then in the Heart of Man , then by this ; That Atheists will ever be talking of that their Opinion , as if they fainted in it , within ...
Page 75
... maketh any Mans Heart , hard to finde , or sound . Hence it comes likewise , that Princes , many times , make themselves Desires , and set their Hearts upon toyes : Sometimes upon a Building ; Sometimes upon Erecting of an Or- der ...
... maketh any Mans Heart , hard to finde , or sound . Hence it comes likewise , that Princes , many times , make themselves Desires , and set their Hearts upon toyes : Sometimes upon a Building ; Sometimes upon Erecting of an Or- der ...
Page 84
... maketh it his glory to tell , will doe more hurt , then many , that know it their duty to conceale . It is true , there be some Affaires , which require extreme Secrecy , which will hardly go beyond one or two persons , besides the King ...
... maketh it his glory to tell , will doe more hurt , then many , that know it their duty to conceale . It is true , there be some Affaires , which require extreme Secrecy , which will hardly go beyond one or two persons , besides the King ...
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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