The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 xii
... proverbs are unfamiliar to modern ears , and most readers will be glad to be introduced to them . Take , for example , from the list of the French proverbs , which are too often sadly cynical and very uncomplimentary to women , the two ...
... proverbs are unfamiliar to modern ears , and most readers will be glad to be introduced to them . Take , for example , from the list of the French proverbs , which are too often sadly cynical and very uncomplimentary to women , the two ...
Page xiii
... proverbs , not only of our own nation but also of the Latin language , popularised in our schools by the reading of Erasmus , were becoming part and parcel of English thought . A word of apology in behalf of the author must con- clude ...
... proverbs , not only of our own nation but also of the Latin language , popularised in our schools by the reading of Erasmus , were becoming part and parcel of English thought . A word of apology in behalf of the author must con- clude ...
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... Proverbs 846. Metaphors - Aphorisms - Pithy Sayings , & c . PAGE 1 91 97 • 112 85. Aphorisms - Forms of Speech -- Notes on Judgment , Cha- racter , Honesty , Licence , & c . - English Proverbs - A few Quotations from Ovid's Met . ' and ...
... Proverbs 846. Metaphors - Aphorisms - Pithy Sayings , & c . PAGE 1 91 97 • 112 85. Aphorisms - Forms of Speech -- Notes on Judgment , Cha- racter , Honesty , Licence , & c . - English Proverbs - A few Quotations from Ovid's Met . ' and ...
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... Proverbs , Eccles . , Matt . and John , chiefly on Folly , Wisdom , the Light of God , the End and the Begin- ning of Speech -- On Knowing Nothing -- The Truth - What is Written - What is Said . 886. Texts from Matt . , Acts , and from ...
... Proverbs , Eccles . , Matt . and John , chiefly on Folly , Wisdom , the Light of God , the End and the Begin- ning of Speech -- On Knowing Nothing -- The Truth - What is Written - What is Said . 886. Texts from Matt . , Acts , and from ...
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... Proverbs 95-966 . English Proverbs from Heywood , and Spanish Proverbs and a few Latin 97-986 . Erasmus ' ' Ad .'- Miscellaneous - Mingling Heaven and Earth - Great Ideas and Small 99. Erasmus ' Ad .'- Of Work , how to undertake it ...
... Proverbs 95-966 . English Proverbs from Heywood , and Spanish Proverbs and a few Latin 97-986 . Erasmus ' ' Ad .'- Miscellaneous - Mingling Heaven and Earth - Great Ideas and Small 99. Erasmus ' Ad .'- Of Work , how to undertake it ...
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