Francis Bacon: A Sketch of His Life, Works, and Literary Friends, Chiefly from a Bibliographical Point of View |
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... further extending his observations on such subjects as " The force of imagina- tion , " " Secret passages of sympathy between persons of near blood , " and upon Echoes , a subject which seems to have had a peculiar fascination for him ...
... further extending his observations on such subjects as " The force of imagina- tion , " " Secret passages of sympathy between persons of near blood , " and upon Echoes , a subject which seems to have had a peculiar fascination for him ...
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... further importance on account of the action and solicitude of the Earl of Essex on behalf of Bacon's private concerns . The wealthy widow of Sir William Hatton , and daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil , became the engrossing object of Bacon's ...
... further importance on account of the action and solicitude of the Earl of Essex on behalf of Bacon's private concerns . The wealthy widow of Sir William Hatton , and daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil , became the engrossing object of Bacon's ...
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... further evidence of the contra- dictory character of the man , for at the same time he used this quiet retreat for meditation and literary work . At this period of his career he was continually adding to and translating his essays , and ...
... further evidence of the contra- dictory character of the man , for at the same time he used this quiet retreat for meditation and literary work . At this period of his career he was continually adding to and translating his essays , and ...
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... further his own interests and assist him in climbing the ladder of fame , is true ; and for much of his con- duct I can find no palliation , no excuse . Further , I cannot agree with some of those writers who suggest that he possessed a ...
... further his own interests and assist him in climbing the ladder of fame , is true ; and for much of his con- duct I can find no palliation , no excuse . Further , I cannot agree with some of those writers who suggest that he possessed a ...
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... further the knowledge of mankind . In the light of such considerations , though fully recognizing Bacon's infirmities , let us not indulge in a too ready denunciation , but rather turn to his own acknowledgment , which he makes to Sir ...
... further the knowledge of mankind . In the light of such considerations , though fully recognizing Bacon's infirmities , let us not indulge in a too ready denunciation , but rather turn to his own acknowledgment , which he makes to Sir ...
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Page 36 - Yet there happened, in my time, one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare, or pass by, a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke...
Page 219 - That a friend is another himself; for that a friend is far more than himself. Men have their time, and die many times in desire of some things which they principally take to heart ; the bestowing of a child, the finishing of a work, or the like. If a man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure, that the care of those things will continue after him. So that a man hath as it were two lives in his desires. A man hath a body, and that body is confined to a place ; but where...
Page 220 - ... no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Page 205 - Hail, happy Genius of this ancient pile! How comes it all things so about thee smile? The fire, the wine, the men ! and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou didst...
Page 220 - I will conclude this first fruit of friendship, which is, that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves; for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
Page 79 - THIS fable my Lord devised, to the end that he might exhibit therein a model or description of a college instituted for the interpreting of nature and the producing of great and marvellous works for the benefit of men, under the name of Salomon's House, or the College of the Six Days
Page 126 - Domestic cares afflict the husband's bed, Or pains his head: Those that live single, take it for a curse, Or do things worse: Some would have children: those that have them, moan Or wish them gone : What is it, then, to have, or have no wife, But single thraldom, or a double strife?
Page 120 - Thou earnest man away as with a tide : Then down swim all his thoughts that mounted high : Much like a mocking dream, that will not bide, But flies before the sight of waking eye ; Or as the grass, that cannot term obtain To see the summer come about again.
Page 190 - From these and all long errors of the way, In which our wandering predecessors went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Page 25 - He acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was sentenced to pay a fine of 40,000/. to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in parliament, or come within the verge of the court.