The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... poor virgin , sir , an ill - favoured thing ' , sir , but mine own ; A poor humour of mine , sir , to take that that no man else will . Other proverbs , derived from the Bible , are quoted gravely , or their principles instilled - as ...
... poor virgin , sir , an ill - favoured thing ' , sir , but mine own ; A poor humour of mine , sir , to take that that no man else will . Other proverbs , derived from the Bible , are quoted gravely , or their principles instilled - as ...
Page 87
... poor men's hours ; of the owl as a bird of ill omen ; avoid , ' ' avant , ' and ' done the deed ' -expressions which there is reason to believe find their originals in Latin words in the Promus . They have been found nowhere else ...
... poor men's hours ; of the owl as a bird of ill omen ; avoid , ' ' avant , ' and ' done the deed ' -expressions which there is reason to believe find their originals in Latin words in the Promus . They have been found nowhere else ...
Page 92
... poor Cordelia ! And yet not so ; since I am sure my love's more pon- derous than my tongue . ( Lear , i . 1. ) 5. Credidi propter quod locutus sum.-Ps. cxvi . 10 . ( I believed , therefore have I spoken . ) D. Pedro . By my troth , I ...
... poor Cordelia ! And yet not so ; since I am sure my love's more pon- derous than my tongue . ( Lear , i . 1. ) 5. Credidi propter quod locutus sum.-Ps. cxvi . 10 . ( I believed , therefore have I spoken . ) D. Pedro . By my troth , I ...
Page 97
... poor : but since my lord Is Antony again , I will be Cleopatra . ( Ant . Cl . iii . 11. ) 1 Fish . He had a fair daughter , and to - morrow is her birthday . ( These , the only mentions of ' birthdays , ' are all of ( Per . ii . 1 ...
... poor : but since my lord Is Antony again , I will be Cleopatra . ( Ant . Cl . iii . 11. ) 1 Fish . He had a fair daughter , and to - morrow is her birthday . ( These , the only mentions of ' birthdays , ' are all of ( Per . ii . 1 ...
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... . ) If thou art rich , thou'rt poor ; For , like an ass whose back with ingots bows , Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey . ( M. M. iii . 1. ) 68. Habet et mors aram . ( Death too has 108 FOL . 84 . LATIN QUOTATIONS .
... . ) If thou art rich , thou'rt poor ; For , like an ass whose back with ingots bows , Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey . ( M. M. iii . 1. ) 68. Habet et mors aram . ( Death too has 108 FOL . 84 . LATIN QUOTATIONS .
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