Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown,, 1884 - 425 Seiten |
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... cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes , set down rather significantly than curiously , which I have called Essays . The word is late , but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius , if you mark them ...
... cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes , set down rather significantly than curiously , which I have called Essays . The word is late , but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius , if you mark them ...
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... caused my book of the Advancement of Learning to be translated into French ) , I was much inclined to make you a present of the last book which I published , and which I had in readiness for you . I was sometimes in doubt whether I ...
... caused my book of the Advancement of Learning to be translated into French ) , I was much inclined to make you a present of the last book which I published , and which I had in readiness for you . I was sometimes in doubt whether I ...
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... cause of a singular echo in St. James's Fields , which attracted his attention . " 66 Until the age of thirteen he remained under the tuition of his accomplished mother , aided by a pri- vate tutor only ; under their care he attained ...
... cause of a singular echo in St. James's Fields , which attracted his attention . " 66 Until the age of thirteen he remained under the tuition of his accomplished mother , aided by a pri- vate tutor only ; under their care he attained ...
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... cause . He was , at this period of his life , frequently admitted to the Queen's presence and conversation . He was appointed her Majesty's Counsel Extraordinary , 1 but he had no salary and small fees . In 1592 , his uncle , the Lord ...
... cause . He was , at this period of his life , frequently admitted to the Queen's presence and conversation . He was appointed her Majesty's Counsel Extraordinary , 1 but he had no salary and small fees . In 1592 , his uncle , the Lord ...
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... causes , provided they are not against the government . As he receives a fee for every case in which the government is concerned , his emoluments are considerable ; but he has no salary . His official position secures to him the best ...
... causes , provided they are not against the government . As he receives a fee for every case in which the government is concerned , his emoluments are considerable ; but he has no salary . His official position secures to him the best ...
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Seite 27 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Seite 265 - 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.
Seite 290 - 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 any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Seite 265 - To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.
Seite 58 - One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt such as we spake of before.
Seite 60 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Seite 264 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Seite 61 - ... of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.
Seite 68 - AND unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write • These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
Seite 125 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.