The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... Essay on Custom ( Essays , xxxix . 14 ) : ' Nature , nor the engagement of words , are not so forcible as custom ; ' and again ( ibid . 6 ) , ' There is no trusting to the force of nature , except it be corroborated by custom . ' xii ...
... Essay on Custom ( Essays , xxxix . 14 ) : ' Nature , nor the engagement of words , are not so forcible as custom ; ' and again ( ibid . 6 ) , ' There is no trusting to the force of nature , except it be corroborated by custom . ' xii ...
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... essays , which , together with the Colours and the Meditations , were published in 1597 , one year later than the date of the Promus . There are also scattered about in the Promus notes which only appear for the first time in the ...
... essays , which , together with the Colours and the Meditations , were published in 1597 , one year later than the date of the Promus . There are also scattered about in the Promus notes which only appear for the first time in the ...
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... essays , speeches , or letters of Bacon . Mr. Spedding's observations are suffi- cient assurance that but a small proportion of the notes can be traced in any of Bacon's acknowledged writings , ' A glance at the index will probably ...
... essays , speeches , or letters of Bacon . Mr. Spedding's observations are suffi- cient assurance that but a small proportion of the notes can be traced in any of Bacon's acknowledged writings , ' A glance at the index will probably ...
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... essays on all that comes most home to the hearts and bosoms of men , ' and often , in reading the essays , there is an echo in the memory of these notes . But although such pas- sages in the essays are not one in ten - perhaps not one ...
... essays on all that comes most home to the hearts and bosoms of men , ' and often , in reading the essays , there is an echo in the memory of these notes . But although such pas- sages in the essays are not one in ten - perhaps not one ...
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... essay of Friendship where it is shown that the mind escapes much suffering when grief is shared in company : : - One thing is most admirable ( wherewith I conclude this first fruit of friendship ) , which is that this communicating of a ...
... essay of Friendship where it is shown that the mind escapes much suffering when grief is shared in company : : - One thing is most admirable ( wherewith I conclude this first fruit of friendship ) , which is that this communicating of a ...
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