The Works of Francis Bacon, Band 6Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... Kingdoms and Estates Of Regiment of Health · 444 452 Of Suspicion 454 Of Discourse Of Plantations 455 · 457 Of Riches Of Prophecies - 460 463 Of Ambition Of Masques and Triumphs Of Nature in Man Of Custom and Education Of Fortune Of ...
... Kingdoms and Estates Of Regiment of Health · 444 452 Of Suspicion 454 Of Discourse Of Plantations 455 · 457 Of Riches Of Prophecies - 460 463 Of Ambition Of Masques and Triumphs Of Nature in Man Of Custom and Education Of Fortune Of ...
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... kingdom ; who has no good quality higher than prudence ; who is taught by policy not to be cruel when he is secure , but who treats pity and affection like malice and hatred , as passions which disturb hi thoughts and bias his judgment ...
... kingdom ; who has no good quality higher than prudence ; who is taught by policy not to be cruel when he is secure , but who treats pity and affection like malice and hatred , as passions which disturb hi thoughts and bias his judgment ...
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... kingdom was chiefly owing , is considered by Bacon " as one of the causes of his trouble- some reign . " And generally the many difficulties with which he had to contend are expressly mentioned as not inherent in the case , but as the ...
... kingdom was chiefly owing , is considered by Bacon " as one of the causes of his trouble- some reign . " And generally the many difficulties with which he had to contend are expressly mentioned as not inherent in the case , but as the ...
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... kingdom . The idea of beginning with the accession of Henry the Seventh occurred to him afterwards in 1605 ; as may be seen by com- paring his well known letter to Lord Chancellor Egerton , which was written on the 2nd of April in that ...
... kingdom . The idea of beginning with the accession of Henry the Seventh occurred to him afterwards in 1605 ; as may be seen by com- paring his well known letter to Lord Chancellor Egerton , which was written on the 2nd of April in that ...
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... Kingdoms by him begun . Besides , his times deserve it . For he was a wise man , and an excellent King ; and yet the times were rough , and full of mutations and rare accidents . And it is with times as it is with ways . Some are more ...
... Kingdoms by him begun . Besides , his times deserve it . For he was a wise man , and an excellent King ; and yet the times were rough , and full of mutations and rare accidents . And it is with times as it is with ways . Some are more ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.