The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 6Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... three faculties least exception is commonly taken to memory ; be- cause imagination is oftentimes idle , and reason litigious . So likewise History of all writings deserveth least taxation , as VOL . VI . C THE REIGN OF HENRY VII . 17.
... three faculties least exception is commonly taken to memory ; be- cause imagination is oftentimes idle , and reason litigious . So likewise History of all writings deserveth least taxation , as VOL . VI . C THE REIGN OF HENRY VII . 17.
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... commonly he was not the poorer ; but generally he did seem inclinable to live in peace , and made but offers of war to mend the conditions of peace ; and in the quenching of the commotions of his subjects he was ever ready to achieve ...
... commonly he was not the poorer ; but generally he did seem inclinable to live in peace , and made but offers of war to mend the conditions of peace ; and in the quenching of the commotions of his subjects he was ever ready to achieve ...
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... commonly to employ cunning persons , as he that knew himself sufficient to make use of their uttermost reaches , without danger of being abused with them himself . Here the MS . , which is in a fair Roman hand , carefully written and ...
... commonly to employ cunning persons , as he that knew himself sufficient to make use of their uttermost reaches , without danger of being abused with them himself . Here the MS . , which is in a fair Roman hand , carefully written and ...
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... commonly termed and reputed in all times since , was by the Divine Revenge , favouring the design of an exiled man , overthrown and slain at Bosworth Field ' ; there succeeded in the kingdom the Earl of Richmond , thenceforth styled ...
... commonly termed and reputed in all times since , was by the Divine Revenge , favouring the design of an exiled man , overthrown and slain at Bosworth Field ' ; there succeeded in the kingdom the Earl of Richmond , thenceforth styled ...
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... commonly called the Conqueror , howso- ever he used and exercised the power of a conqueror to reward his Normans , yet he forbare to use that claim in the beginning , but mixed it with a titulary pretence , grounded upon the will and ...
... commonly called the Conqueror , howso- ever he used and exercised the power of a conqueror to reward his Normans , yet he forbare to use that claim in the beginning , but mixed it with a titulary pretence , grounded upon the will and ...
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Page 493 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Page 382 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour.
Page 375 - ... 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.
Page 430 - It is good also not to try experiments in States, except the necessity be urgent or the utility evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.
Page 494 - 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.
Page 493 - 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.
Page 409 - 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 further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity...
Page 466 - In studies, whatsoever a man commandeth upon himself, let him set hours for it ; but whatsoever is agreeable to his nature, let him take no care for any set times ; for his thoughts will fly to it of themselves, so as the spaces of other business or studies will suffice.
Page 483 - 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.
Page 474 - Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.