The Works of Francis Bacon: Miscellaneous writings in philosophy, morality and religionM. Jones, 1815 |
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... thou art a man ; remember thou art God's vicegerent . The one bridleth their power , and the other their will . " It were good that men , in their innovations , would fol- low the example of time itself , which indeed innovateth greatly ...
... thou art a man ; remember thou art God's vicegerent . The one bridleth their power , and the other their will . " It were good that men , in their innovations , would fol- low the example of time itself , which indeed innovateth greatly ...
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... thou shalt go nogus vogus , instead of nolens volens . 45. Francis the first of France , used for his pleasure sometimes to go disguised : so walking one day in the company of the cardinal of Bour- bon near Paris , he met with a peasant ...
... thou shalt go nogus vogus , instead of nolens volens . 45. Francis the first of France , used for his pleasure sometimes to go disguised : so walking one day in the company of the cardinal of Bour- bon near Paris , he met with a peasant ...
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... thou livest unmarried . He answered , in troth , madam , I like you the worse for the same cause . 68. Doctor Laud said , that some hypocrites , and seeming mortified men , that held down their heads like bulrushes , were like the ...
... thou livest unmarried . He answered , in troth , madam , I like you the worse for the same cause . 68. Doctor Laud said , that some hypocrites , and seeming mortified men , that held down their heads like bulrushes , were like the ...
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... thou prayedst so long for a boy , that he will be a boy as long as he lives . 83. Sir Fulk Grevil , afterwards lord Brook , in parliament , when the house of commons in a great business , stood much upon precedents , said unto them ...
... thou prayedst so long for a boy , that he will be a boy as long as he lives . 83. Sir Fulk Grevil , afterwards lord Brook , in parliament , when the house of commons in a great business , stood much upon precedents , said unto them ...
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... thou say , if thou seest him pass back in as great safety , as if be marched through the midst of Spain ? saith Bresquet ; why then I will put him out , and put in you . 110. When my lord president of the council came first to be lord ...
... thou say , if thou seest him pass back in as great safety , as if be marched through the midst of Spain ? saith Bresquet ; why then I will put him out , and put in you . 110. When my lord president of the council came first to be lord ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æsop amongst answered Aristippus asked Augustus Cæsar Bensalem Bettenham better body Cæsar Cato the elder cause chamber Cicero Cold maketh colour cometh conceived countries death desire Diogenes divers divine doth earth evil excellent executors father fortune forty pounds gave give glory gold hand hath heat heaven holy honour hundred pounds invention inventor Julius Cæsar kind king knoweth knowledge labour land light likewise live lord lordship majesty man's matter means mind natural philosophy never Phocion Plato Pompey pray Queen Elizabeth quod reprehended saith seemeth servant shew ship sick Sir Francis Bacon Sir John Constable Sir Nicholas Bacon Sir Thomas sir Thomas Crewe Solomon's house soul speech stood strangers sun-beams swered thee Themistocles ther things thou thought Tirsan twenty pounds unto Vespasian virtue whereas wherein whereof Whereupon wise wont to say
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 163 - The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
Seite 174 - We represent also ordnance and instruments of war and engines of all kinds; and likewise new mixtures and compositions of gunpowder, wildfires burning in water and unquenchable; also fireworks of all variety, both for pleasure and use. We imitate also flights of birds; we have some degrees of flying in the air. We have ships and boats for going under water and brooking of seas, also swimming-girdles and supporters.
Seite 167 - We have also parks, and enclosures of all sorts, of beasts and birds; which we use not only for view or rareness, but likewise for dissections and trials, that thereby we may take light what may be wrought upon the body of man.
Seite 169 - ... thin parts to insinuate into the body, and yet without all biting, sharpness, or fretting; insomuch as some of them put upon the back of your hand will, with a little stay, pass through to the palm, and yet taste mild to the mouth.
Seite 82 - And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness and bitterness. Certainly he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others
Seite 167 - ... which produceth many effects. And we make by art in the same orchards and gardens, trees and flowers, to come earlier or later than their seasons, and to come up and bear more speedily than by their natural course they do. We make them also by art greater much than their nature ; and their fruit greater and sweeter, and of differing taste, smell, colour, and figure, from their nature. And many of them we so order, as that they become of medicinal use.
Seite vii - The great deliverer he ! who from the gloom Of cloister'd monks, and jargon-teaching schools, Led forth the true Philosophy, there long Held in the magic chain of words and forms And definitions void : he led her forth, Daughter of heaven ! that slow-ascending still, Investigating sure the chain of things, With radiant finger points to heaven again.
Seite 160 - He was clothed in a robe of fine black cloth, with wide sleeves, and a cape : his under garment was of excellent white linen down to the foot, girt with a girdle of the same ; and a sindon or tippet of the same about his neck. He had gloves that were curious, and set with stone ; and shoes of peachcoloured velvet.
Seite 122 - ... house (so he called it) where we should be accommodated of things both for our whole and for our sick, so he left us ; and when we offered him some pistolets, he, smiling, said, he must not be twice paid for one labour : meaning (as I take it), that he had salary sufficient of the state for his service : for (as I after learned) they call an officer that taketh rewards twice paid.
Seite 162 - His under-garments were the like that we saw him wear in the chariot ; but instead of his gown, he had on him a mantle with a cape, of the same fine black, fastened about him. When we came in, as we were taught, we bowed low at our first entrance ; and when we were come near his chair, he stood up, holding forth his hand ungloved, and in posture of blessing ; and we every one of us stooped down, and kissed the hem of his tippet.