Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page 60
... , how safe it is for Monarchs , to make sure of the good Will of Common People . To give moderate Liberty , for Griefes , and Discontentments to evaporate , ( so it be without too great Insolency or Bravery ) is a safe Way 60 Essayes.
... , how safe it is for Monarchs , to make sure of the good Will of Common People . To give moderate Liberty , for Griefes , and Discontentments to evaporate , ( so it be without too great Insolency or Bravery ) is a safe Way 60 Essayes.
Page 87
... sure ; for Warre ; for Suits ; for some Provinces : For where there be divers particular Counsels , and but one Counsell of Estate , ( as it is in Spaine ) they are in effect no more , then Stand- ing Commissions ; Save that they have ...
... sure ; for Warre ; for Suits ; for some Provinces : For where there be divers particular Counsels , and but one Counsell of Estate , ( as it is in Spaine ) they are in effect no more , then Stand- ing Commissions ; Save that they have ...
Page 97
... sure to leave a House , somewhat before it fall . It is the Wise- dome of the Fox , that thrusts out the Badger , who digged & made Roome for him . It is the Wisedome of Crocodiles , that shed teares , when they would devoure . But that ...
... sure to leave a House , somewhat before it fall . It is the Wise- dome of the Fox , that thrusts out the Badger , who digged & made Roome for him . It is the Wisedome of Crocodiles , that shed teares , when they would devoure . But that ...
Page 101
... sure to fill the Body , full of Crudities , and secret Seeds of Diseases . Therefore , measure not Dispatch , by the Times of Sitting , but by the Advance- ment of the Businesse . And as in Races , it is not the large Stride , or High ...
... sure to fill the Body , full of Crudities , and secret Seeds of Diseases . Therefore , measure not Dispatch , by the Times of Sitting , but by the Advance- ment of the Businesse . And as in Races , it is not the large Stride , or High ...
Page 102
... sure to be long in comming . Give good Hearing to those , that give the first Information in Businesse ; And rather direct them in the beginning , then interrupt them in the continuance of their Speeches : for he that is put out of his ...
... sure to be long in comming . Give good Hearing to those , that give the first Information in Businesse ; And rather direct them in the beginning , then interrupt them in the continuance of their Speeches : for he that is put out of his ...
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