The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... seems necessary to show why an introduction to it should be written by one who is unable to accept the demonstration . If it may be allowed to use the first personal pronoun in order to distinguish between the writer of this ...
... seems necessary to show why an introduction to it should be written by one who is unable to accept the demonstration . If it may be allowed to use the first personal pronoun in order to distinguish between the writer of this ...
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... seems a work that needs no apology . Besides , in many cases the 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 ...
... seems a work that needs no apology . Besides , in many cases the 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 ...
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... seem to be introduced especially in passages in Romeo and Juliet ' . 114. Formularies , January 27 , 1595 - Of Possibilities and Im- possibilities - Affections of the Mind - Dieting the Mind -Zeal - Haste - Impatience , & c . 116 . 118b ...
... seem to be introduced especially in passages in Romeo and Juliet ' . 114. Formularies , January 27 , 1595 - Of Possibilities and Im- possibilities - Affections of the Mind - Dieting the Mind -Zeal - Haste - Impatience , & c . 116 . 118b ...
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... seems to have died before he had completed more than two - thirds of his descriptive catalogue ; but there is no doubt that the notes are ( with the exception of a collection of French proverbs which conclude the series ) in Bacon's ...
... seems to have died before he had completed more than two - thirds of his descriptive catalogue ; but there is no doubt that the notes are ( with the exception of a collection of French proverbs which conclude the series ) in Bacon's ...
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... seems to be the stronger and the more worthy ; and the former , which is passive , and as it were the " condus , " seems to be inferior . ' sorts : the one in resemblance to a shop of B 2 PROMUS OF FORMULARIES AND ELEGANCIES . 3.
... seems to be the stronger and the more worthy ; and the former , which is passive , and as it were the " condus , " seems to be inferior . ' sorts : the one in resemblance to a shop of B 2 PROMUS OF FORMULARIES AND ELEGANCIES . 3.
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