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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 46
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...courteous to strangers," says lord Bacon, in enumerating the parts and signs of goodness, " it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." Essay on Goodness and Goodness...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 446 pages
...parts and signs of goodness, " it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." Essay on Goodness and Goodness of Nature. — ED. the waiter, saying, " It is as bad as bad can be...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 892 pages
...gracious and courteous to strangen. il shows he is a citizen of the world, and that hi* heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them : if he be compassionate towards the affections of others, it shows that his heart is lite the noble tree that...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man he gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off' from other lands, but a continent that joins to them : if he be compassionate towards...
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Selections from the works of Taylor, Hooker, Barrow [and others] by B. Montagu

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...and courteous to 'strangers, it shews he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them j if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that his heart is like the noble...
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Exemplary and Instructive Biography: For the Study of Youth

Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man may be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from oiher lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 6

English literature - 1836 - 440 pages
...and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the woild, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." LORD BACON. GERTRUDE watched with some solicitude the meeting between her mother and Mr. Lyndsay, as...
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Ward's miscellany (and family magazine)., Volume 1

1837 - 860 pages
...a man be gracious and [No. 11. MARCH 15, 1837.— 2t/.] VOL. i. courteous to others, it shows that he is a citizen of the world ; and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shews he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, hut a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards...
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