The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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Page viii
... in the merest trifles . Analogy is always in his mind . If you can say Good - morrow , ' why should you not also say Good - dawning ' ( entry 1206 ) ? If you can anglicise some 6 French words , why not others ? 6 Why not viii PREFACE .
... in the merest trifles . Analogy is always in his mind . If you can say Good - morrow , ' why should you not also say Good - dawning ' ( entry 1206 ) ? If you can anglicise some 6 French words , why not others ? 6 Why not viii PREFACE .
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... viii . , Spedding , v . 50–56 , where Bacon expresses his opinion of the value of proverbial philosophy as ' springing from the inmost recesses of wisdom and extending to a variety of occasions . Wherefore seeing I set down this ...
... viii . , Spedding , v . 50–56 , where Bacon expresses his opinion of the value of proverbial philosophy as ' springing from the inmost recesses of wisdom and extending to a variety of occasions . Wherefore seeing I set down this ...
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... VIII . It is also a frequent answer to arguments drawn from the similarities which are noted between Bacon and Shakespeare to say that such things were common , or in the air , ' and that instances of the same resemblances or ...
... VIII . It is also a frequent answer to arguments drawn from the similarities which are noted between Bacon and Shakespeare to say that such things were common , or in the air , ' and that instances of the same resemblances or ...
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... VIII . iii . 1. ) Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king , he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies . ( Hen . VIII . iii . 2. ) 15. Et unius cujusque opus quale sit probabit ignis.- 1 Cor . iii ...
... VIII . iii . 1. ) Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king , he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies . ( Hen . VIII . iii . 2. ) 15. Et unius cujusque opus quale sit probabit ignis.- 1 Cor . iii ...
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... viii .; Spedding , v . 71. ) 23. Hoc prætexit nomine culpam . - Virg . Æn . iv . 172 . ( By that specious name she veiled the crime . - Dryden . ) 24. Procul o procul este profani . - Virg . Æn . vi . 258 . ( Away , away , ye profane ...
... viii .; Spedding , v . 71. ) 23. Hoc prætexit nomine culpam . - Virg . Æn . iv . 172 . ( By that specious name she veiled the crime . - Dryden . ) 24. Procul o procul este profani . - Virg . Æn . vi . 258 . ( Away , away , ye profane ...
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Adagia Advt All's All's W Bacon bear Ben Jonson better Cæs Cæsar Collier's text Compare Cymb death discourse dost doth ears entry Eras Essay evil eyes fear Folio fool fortune Francis Bacon friends give Good-morrow grace grief hath hear heart heaven honour John judgment King Kins L. L. L. iv Latin Lear lord Lucrece M. M. ii Macb mind nature never night noble Noble Kinsmen Ovid passages plays Promus notes proverbs quæ quod Quoted Rich Romeo and Juliet seems Shakespeare sleep Sonnet soul speak Spedding speech sweet tell Temp thee there's thine things thou art thou hast thought tongue truth turns of expression VIII Virg virtue Vulgate words writings