The Essays, Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. AlbansMacmillan, 1905 - 318 páginas |
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... Wisdom for a Man's Self XXIV . Of Innovations 76 81 83 XXV . Of Dispatch XXVI . Of Seeming Wise VXXVII . Of Friendship XXVIII . Of Expense 84 87 89 98 XXIX . Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Es- tates · XXX . Of Regiment of Health ...
... Wisdom for a Man's Self XXIV . Of Innovations 76 81 83 XXV . Of Dispatch XXVI . Of Seeming Wise VXXVII . Of Friendship XXVIII . Of Expense 84 87 89 98 XXIX . Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Es- tates · XXX . Of Regiment of Health ...
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... wisdom and fidelity . Upon the appoint- ment of a new minister Bacon travelled in the French provinces , but was called home suddenly , in 1579 , by the announcement of his father's death , February 20 . Bacon was now face to face with ...
... wisdom and fidelity . Upon the appoint- ment of a new minister Bacon travelled in the French provinces , but was called home suddenly , in 1579 , by the announcement of his father's death , February 20 . Bacon was now face to face with ...
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... other devices of Elizabeth's court and society . In- deed , as Bacon the essayist tells us , " dissimulation is but a faint kind of policy , or wisdom . For it asketh " " a strong wit and a strong heart to INTRODUCTION xix.
... other devices of Elizabeth's court and society . In- deed , as Bacon the essayist tells us , " dissimulation is but a faint kind of policy , or wisdom . For it asketh " " a strong wit and a strong heart to INTRODUCTION xix.
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... wisdom of individual ignorances . " James soon learned to respect and value such a com- bination of skilled talent with integrity of purpose , and gave him divers commissions , among them the , preparation of a basis for the proposed ...
... wisdom of individual ignorances . " James soon learned to respect and value such a com- bination of skilled talent with integrity of purpose , and gave him divers commissions , among them the , preparation of a basis for the proposed ...
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... - sumed his new rank on May 7 with magnificence . In addressing the bar on that occasion , he spoke with peculiar power and wisdom concerning the judicial spirit and method , and dealt plainly with prevailing habits xxxii INTRODUCTION.
... - sumed his new rank on May 7 with magnificence . In addressing the bar on that occasion , he spoke with peculiar power and wisdom concerning the judicial spirit and method , and dealt plainly with prevailing habits xxxii INTRODUCTION.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Advancement of Learning affection Alice Barnham alleys amongst Atheism Augustus Cæsar Bacon beauty better bold cause Certainly Church Cicero command commonly Compare Essay Compare Shakespeare's corrupt counsel court cunning danger death dissimulation doth Elizabeth's Enlarged envy Epicurus Essex faction Faerie Queene fame favour fortune Francis Bacon Galba garden Hamlet hath Henry honour humour James judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind King Latin less likewise line 11 line 24 Lord maketh man's matter means men's ment mind nature never noble note on page Novum Organum opinion persons philosopher poets political Pompey praise princes Queen religion riches Roman saith Scripture sect Sejanus Septimius Severus servants side Solomon sort speak speech spirit suit suitor Tacitus thereof things thou thought Tiberius tion true truth Twelfth Night unto usury Vespasian virtue wherein wisdom wise word
Passagens conhecidas
Página 174 - 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.
Página 3 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Página 158 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Página 175 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Página 2 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Página 4 - Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some of the friars...
Página 22 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 15 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 83 - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived.
Página 2 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath- work , ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.