The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... fall ( Promus , 952 ) , which can be traced from its simple form , through seve- ral stages , until its final development in Wolsey's cele- brated speech . 1 See Promus , No. 1085 . There are also a few proverbs in Heywood which Bacon ...
... fall ( Promus , 952 ) , which can be traced from its simple form , through seve- ral stages , until its final development in Wolsey's cele- brated speech . 1 See Promus , No. 1085 . There are also a few proverbs in Heywood which Bacon ...
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... fall in love with Helen , ' These boys are boys of ice . ' The idea receives further development in other passages . ' Vita doliaris ' ( the life in a cask or tun ) is commented upon by Erasmus as referring to Diogenes and a frugal ...
... fall in love with Helen , ' These boys are boys of ice . ' The idea receives further development in other passages . ' Vita doliaris ' ( the life in a cask or tun ) is commented upon by Erasmus as referring to Diogenes and a frugal ...
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... fall soonest ; fruit too soon ripe rots . There are notes , too , of the sours which come from sweets : the unpleasant smell of garlic ; the sweet smell of thyme ; the stinking of fish ; the decay shown by falling leaves ; the ...
... fall soonest ; fruit too soon ripe rots . There are notes , too , of the sours which come from sweets : the unpleasant smell of garlic ; the sweet smell of thyme ; the stinking of fish ; the decay shown by falling leaves ; the ...
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... fall . If this were really the case , if indeed it could be shown that others besides Shakespeare made use of the expressions , quotations , and other particulars which Bacon notes , it is improbable that any attempt would have been ...
... fall . If this were really the case , if indeed it could be shown that others besides Shakespeare made use of the expressions , quotations , and other particulars which Bacon notes , it is improbable that any attempt would have been ...
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... falls between the first play and the latest . The dates of Dr. Delius are taken as a basis for the arrangement of the plays . It will be observed that The Com . of Errors has the smallest total ; next the Tw . G. Verona , Mid . N. Dream ...
... falls between the first play and the latest . The dates of Dr. Delius are taken as a basis for the arrangement of the plays . It will be observed that The Com . of Errors has the smallest total ; next the Tw . G. Verona , Mid . N. Dream ...
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