The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 18
... fair sprinkling of proverbs which are noted in the Promus , the evidence is strong that Bacon and the author of the plays drew from the collection of This book , once so famous that it seems to have been in the hands of every educated ...
... fair sprinkling of proverbs which are noted in the Promus , the evidence is strong that Bacon and the author of the plays drew from the collection of This book , once so famous that it seems to have been in the hands of every educated ...
Page 20
... fair illustration of Bacon's manner of cogitating , and of reproducing in various forms the result of his cogitations . Repeated instances of this are to be met with - how he takes a thought , moulds , shapes , re- fines , or enlarges ...
... fair illustration of Bacon's manner of cogitating , and of reproducing in various forms the result of his cogitations . Repeated instances of this are to be met with - how he takes a thought , moulds , shapes , re- fines , or enlarges ...
Page 41
... fair viol , and your sense the strings , Who , fingered to make man his lawful music , Would draw heaven down and all the gods to hearken ; But , being played upon before your time , Hell only danceth at so harsh a chime . ' In many ...
... fair viol , and your sense the strings , Who , fingered to make man his lawful music , Would draw heaven down and all the gods to hearken ; But , being played upon before your time , Hell only danceth at so harsh a chime . ' In many ...
Page 97
... fair daughter , and to - morrow is her birthday . ( Per . ii . 1. ) ( These , the only mentions of ' birthdays , ' are all of persons born in happier years . ) Folio 836 . 26. Ille mihi ante alios fortunatusque laborum . — Æn . xi . 416 ...
... fair daughter , and to - morrow is her birthday . ( Per . ii . 1. ) ( These , the only mentions of ' birthdays , ' are all of persons born in happier years . ) Folio 836 . 26. Ille mihi ante alios fortunatusque laborum . — Æn . xi . 416 ...
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... fair enamelling of a terrible danger . ( Let . to the Queen , 1584. ) 84. Totum est majus sua parte . ( The whole is greater than its part . ) Against factions and private profit . Among the soldiers this is muttered , - That here you ...
... fair enamelling of a terrible danger . ( Let . to the Queen , 1584. ) 84. Totum est majus sua parte . ( The whole is greater than its part . ) Against factions and private profit . Among the soldiers this is muttered , - That here you ...
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