The Works of Francis Bacon, Band 6Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... present form , and sent a fair transcript to the king . It may be regarded therefore as the labour of a long vacation . To say that such a work was executed in four or five months by a man who was excluded ( except during the last six ...
... present form , and sent a fair transcript to the king . It may be regarded therefore as the labour of a long vacation . To say that such a work was executed in four or five months by a man who was excluded ( except during the last six ...
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... present them to the reader in their proper succession and proportions , was the task which he now undertook . In this , which under such conditions was all he could attempt , he succeeded so well that he has left later historians little ...
... present them to the reader in their proper succession and proportions , was the task which he now undertook . In this , which under such conditions was all he could attempt , he succeeded so well that he has left later historians little ...
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... present the general question as to the spirit in which history ought to be written , and the particular question as to the spirit in which this history is written , upon both which points I shall have a word to say presently , let us ...
... present the general question as to the spirit in which history ought to be written , and the particular question as to the spirit in which this history is written , upon both which points I shall have a word to say presently , let us ...
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... present time wherein Q. Elizabeth reigneth in good felicity , I am delivered of the excuse wherewith the best writers of history are troubled in their proëms , when they go about without breaking the bounds of modesty to give a reason ...
... present time wherein Q. Elizabeth reigneth in good felicity , I am delivered of the excuse wherewith the best writers of history are troubled in their proëms , when they go about without breaking the bounds of modesty to give a reason ...
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... present . But it shall suffice unto me , without betraying mine own name and memory or the liberty of a history , to procure this commendation to the time with posterity , namely , that a private man living in the same time should not ...
... present . But it shall suffice unto me , without betraying mine own name and memory or the liberty of a history , to procure this commendation to the time with posterity , namely , that a private man living in the same time should not ...
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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.