The essays, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord Verulam, with intr. and notes by H. Lewis, Band 2 |
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... RICHES , • 191 • 194 199 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXIV XXXIV , 202 • 99 XXXV . OF PROPHECIES , 206 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXV , 209 ་ XXXVI . OF AMBITION ,. · 215 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXVI , • 217 " " XXXVII . OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS , NOTES ON ESSAY XXXVII ...
... RICHES , • 191 • 194 199 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXIV XXXIV , 202 • 99 XXXV . OF PROPHECIES , 206 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXV , 209 ་ XXXVI . OF AMBITION ,. · 215 NOTES ON ESSAY XXXVI , • 217 " " XXXVII . OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS , NOTES ON ESSAY XXXVII ...
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... RICHES . ( 1612 , greatly enlarged 1625. ) I CANNOT call Riches better than the Baggage of Virtue ; 1 the Roman word is better , impedimenta ; for as the baggage is to an army , so is Riches to Virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left ...
... RICHES . ( 1612 , greatly enlarged 1625. ) I CANNOT call Riches better than the Baggage of Virtue ; 1 the Roman word is better , impedimenta ; for as the baggage is to an army , so is Riches to Virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left ...
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... Riches ? But then you will say , they may be of use to buy men out of dangers or troubles ; as Solomon saith , Riches are as a stronghold in the imagination of the rich man ; ' 5 but this is excel- lently expressed , that it is ' in ...
... Riches ? But then you will say , they may be of use to buy men out of dangers or troubles ; as Solomon saith , Riches are as a stronghold in the imagination of the rich man ; ' 5 but this is excel- lently expressed , that it is ' in ...
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... Riches , and very easily to great Riches ; for when a man's stock is come to that , that he can expect the prime of markets , 15 and over- come 16 those bargains , which for their greatness are few men's money , 17 and be partner in the ...
... Riches , and very easily to great Riches ; for when a man's stock is come to that , that he can expect the prime of markets , 15 and over- come 16 those bargains , which for their greatness are few men's money , 17 and be partner in the ...
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... Riches , for they despise them that despair of them ; and none worse when they come to them . Be not pennywise ; Riches have wings , and some- times they fly away of themselves , sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more . Men ...
... Riches , for they despise them that despair of them ; and none worse when they come to them . Be not pennywise ; Riches have wings , and some- times they fly away of themselves , sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more . Men ...
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Æneid afterwards Albert Durer alleys ambitious amongst ANALYSIS OF ESSAY ancient ATLAS Augustus Cæsar Bacon beauty better born A.D. borrowing called certainly cloth colonists colony colour commendation common court cunning Custom dangerous death discourse doth dream Dutch Republic Emperor England Epaminondas Essay XI ESSAY XXXIX F. G. FLEAY Faction famous favour Fcap fool fortune gains Galba Garden glory grace hath Henry Henry VIII honour interest Juan Jaureguy Judge Julius Cæsar kind King Latin lender likewise maketh man's Maps masques matter means men's merchants nature never NOTES ON ESSAY opinion oracle passage pennywise persons plant Plantation Polycrates praise princes profit prophecies quotation reference Regiomontanus reign Riches Roman Rome rule saith Scipio Africanus Scripture sense sentence side soldier speak speech success suits Tacitus things thou tion usurer Usury verb virtue wealth wherein wise word young youth
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Seite 330 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, "See, this is new"? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Seite 300 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Seite 222 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Seite 316 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice, and an over-speaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar, or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Seite 288 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Seite 288 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Seite 318 - Let judges also remember, that Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne : being circumspect, that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty.
Seite 287 - To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation...
Seite 266 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be in a morning's dew.
Seite 288 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested — that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously., and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.