The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... fools ; on the light of truth— that it comes from God ; that God's glory is to conceal and man's to discover ; that the words of the wise are precious , or as goads ; that , after all , a man knows nothing of himself , and so forth . In ...
... fools ; on the light of truth— that it comes from God ; that God's glory is to conceal and man's to discover ; that the words of the wise are precious , or as goads ; that , after all , a man knows nothing of himself , and so forth . In ...
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... fools . 1 See Advancement of Learning , 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 ...
... fools . 1 See Advancement of Learning , 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 ...
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... fools to square for this ? ' and tells them that what they desire must be done not by force , but by policy 1 Bacon thus uses it in one of his prose works . Unfortunately , the reference has been lost . and stratagem , and that ' Our ...
... fools to square for this ? ' and tells them that what they desire must be done not by force , but by policy 1 Bacon thus uses it in one of his prose works . Unfortunately , the reference has been lost . and stratagem , and that ' Our ...
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... fool receiveth not the words of prudence unless thou speak the very things that are in his heart . ) Men of corrupted minds . despise all honesty of manners and counsel ; according to the excellent proverb of Solomon , The fool receives ...
... fool receiveth not the words of prudence unless thou speak the very things that are in his heart . ) Men of corrupted minds . despise all honesty of manners and counsel ; according to the excellent proverb of Solomon , The fool receives ...
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... Fool . I marvel , what kin thou and thy daughter are ; they'll have me whipped for speaking true , thou'lt have me whipped for lying ; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace . ( Lear , i . 5. ) 18. Quorundam hominum peccata ...
... Fool . I marvel , what kin thou and thy daughter are ; they'll have me whipped for speaking true , thou'lt have me whipped for lying ; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace . ( Lear , i . 5. ) 18. Quorundam hominum peccata ...
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