The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 ix
... night , ' and ' Good- matens ' ( 1192 ) for ' Good - morning ? ' Instead of ' twi- light , ' why not substitute vice - light ' ( entry 1420 ) ? Instead of ' impudent , ' how much more forcible is ' brazed ' ( entry 1418 ) ! On the lines ...
... night , ' and ' Good- matens ' ( 1192 ) for ' Good - morning ? ' Instead of ' twi- light , ' why not substitute vice - light ' ( entry 1420 ) ? Instead of ' impudent , ' how much more forcible is ' brazed ' ( entry 1418 ) ! On the lines ...
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... night , ' although common in the Plays , occur only thirty - one times and eleven respectively in a list of some six thousand works written during or before the time of Bacon . Here a word of caution may be desirable . It is very hard ...
... night , ' although common in the Plays , occur only thirty - one times and eleven respectively in a list of some six thousand works written during or before the time of Bacon . Here a word of caution may be desirable . It is very hard ...
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... Night , i . 3 , is this proverb , ' Thought is free , ' in its simple form . The proverb is from Heywood's col- lection , and is entered in the Promus ( 667 ) . 6 In 2 Hen . VI . v . 1 , occurs the same idea antitheti- cally expressed ...
... Night , i . 3 , is this proverb , ' Thought is free , ' in its simple form . The proverb is from Heywood's col- lection , and is entered in the Promus ( 667 ) . 6 In 2 Hen . VI . v . 1 , occurs the same idea antitheti- cally expressed ...
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... Night , Act ii . , scene 3 ) — Approach , Sir Andrew : not to be a - bed after midnight is to be up betimes ; and diluculo surgere , thou knowest . 6 This proverb occurs in the Promus on the folio which Mr. Spedding describes as being a ...
... Night , Act ii . , scene 3 ) — Approach , Sir Andrew : not to be a - bed after midnight is to be up betimes ; and diluculo surgere , thou knowest . 6 This proverb occurs in the Promus on the folio which Mr. Spedding describes as being a ...
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... night , and to the dawning of a brighter morrow- It is not now late , but early . There is a similar idea , apparently , in entry 1204 Good - day to me , and Good - morrow to you . If this somewhat vague note may be read by the light of ...
... night , and to the dawning of a brighter morrow- It is not now late , but early . There is a similar idea , apparently , in entry 1204 Good - day to me , and Good - morrow to you . If this somewhat vague note may be read by the light of ...
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