The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... bring to the use of these instruments the ' brayne cut with facets ' ( entry 184 ) which , out of a few elementary facts , could produce results of kaleidoscopic beauty and variety , yet the dullest cannot fail to become less dull if he ...
... bring to the use of these instruments the ' brayne cut with facets ' ( entry 184 ) which , out of a few elementary facts , could produce results of kaleidoscopic beauty and variety , yet the dullest cannot fail to become less dull if he ...
Page 9
... bring ourselves to believe that Bacon took notes for the use of Shakespeare , since in the Promus may be found several hundred notes of which no trace has been discovered in the acknowledged writings of Bacon , or of any other ...
... bring ourselves to believe that Bacon took notes for the use of Shakespeare , since in the Promus may be found several hundred notes of which no trace has been discovered in the acknowledged writings of Bacon , or of any other ...
Page 10
... bring the work which has been attempted to a satisfactory state of completion , and it is not to be hoped that there should not be at present errors , omissions , and weak points which will be corrected by further study . The extracts ...
... bring the work which has been attempted to a satisfactory state of completion , and it is not to be hoped that there should not be at present errors , omissions , and weak points which will be corrected by further study . The extracts ...
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... bring forward instances of it in this place , as they will occur to most Shakespearian readers . To return to the proverbs . There is an earlier passage in the plays which seems , though more dimly , to reflect the same combinations of ...
... bring forward instances of it in this place , as they will occur to most Shakespearian readers . To return to the proverbs . There is an earlier passage in the plays which seems , though more dimly , to reflect the same combinations of ...
Page 24
... brings into view one characteristic of Bacon's manner of applying quota- tions . He will be found often to catch at some peculiarly expressive word , and , seizing upon it , he deftly twists the sentiment or phrase so as to suit his own ...
... brings into view one characteristic of Bacon's manner of applying quota- tions . He will be found often to catch at some peculiarly expressive word , and , seizing upon it , he deftly twists the sentiment or phrase so as to suit his own ...
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