The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 xi
... give a still heartier welcome to a proverb which should be imprinted on the heart of every would - be poet in this most affected genera- tion : That that is forced is not forcible ' ( entry 188 ) . Again , how neat is the defence of ...
... give a still heartier welcome to a proverb which should be imprinted on the heart of every would - be poet in this most affected genera- tion : That that is forced is not forcible ' ( entry 188 ) . Again , how neat is the defence of ...
Page xii
... give authors their due as you give time his due , which is to discover truth ' ( entry 341 ) ; or the defence of new doctrine against lazy inattention , ' Everything is subtile till it be conceived ' ( entry 187 ) ; or the philosophic ...
... give authors their due as you give time his due , which is to discover truth ' ( entry 341 ) ; or the defence of new doctrine against lazy inattention , ' Everything is subtile till it be conceived ' ( entry 187 ) ; or the philosophic ...
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... , and the best are of course in every- body's mouth . ' He therefore only thinks it worth while See the conclusion of this chapter for evidence that the similies , to give , as examples , a few which he SPEDDING'S DESCRIPTION . 7.
... , and the best are of course in every- body's mouth . ' He therefore only thinks it worth while See the conclusion of this chapter for evidence that the similies , to give , as examples , a few which he SPEDDING'S DESCRIPTION . 7.
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... give , as examples , a few which he considers to be amongst the least familiar to modern ears . Of the sheet which ... gives no specimens ; for , ' he says , ' I can throw no light on the principle which guided Bacon in selecting them ...
... give , as examples , a few which he considers to be amongst the least familiar to modern ears . Of the sheet which ... gives no specimens ; for , ' he says , ' I can throw no light on the principle which guided Bacon in selecting them ...
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... give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name , ' a genius which Thought and affliction , passion , hell itself , Could turn to favour and to prettiness . The remarks as to the use made by Bacon of the English proverbs apply ...
... give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name , ' a genius which Thought and affliction , passion , hell itself , Could turn to favour and to prettiness . The remarks as to the use made by Bacon of the English proverbs apply ...
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