The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... Henry Pott, Francis Bacon. TO THE ONE WHO WILL MOST VALUE IT AND TO THE FEW WHO BY KIND HELP , CRITICISM , OR ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS PRODUCTION This Book is Dedicated PREFACE . WHEN a book is written to demonstrate something.
... Henry Pott, Francis Bacon. TO THE ONE WHO WILL MOST VALUE IT AND TO THE FEW WHO BY KIND HELP , CRITICISM , OR ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS PRODUCTION This Book is Dedicated PREFACE . WHEN a book is written to demonstrate something.
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... kind of story in rhyme , and from others of which he derived what he was pleased to call his epigrams are by no means a complete col- lection of old English proverbs , as may easily be seen by comparing them with any popular book of the ...
... kind of story in rhyme , and from others of which he derived what he was pleased to call his epigrams are by no means a complete col- lection of old English proverbs , as may easily be seen by comparing them with any popular book of the ...
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... kind appear on nearly every page of the Promus , and if we would track the nimble mind of Bacon through the mazes of his notes , it can only be done by realising the versatility and Proteus - like genius which could find ' figures in ...
... kind appear on nearly every page of the Promus , and if we would track the nimble mind of Bacon through the mazes of his notes , it can only be done by realising the versatility and Proteus - like genius which could find ' figures in ...
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... kind of criticism is inevitable , yet it may fairly be deprecated . Through fear of doing anything to justify it , the inclination was felt to strike out many of the references which are given in the following pages ; but this was not ...
... kind of criticism is inevitable , yet it may fairly be deprecated . Through fear of doing anything to justify it , the inclination was felt to strike out many of the references which are given in the following pages ; but this was not ...
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... kind in Pericles , i . 1 , where Pericles tells the Princess : You're a 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 ...
... kind in Pericles , i . 1 , where Pericles tells the Princess : You're a 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 ...
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Adagia Advt All's All's W Bacon bear Ben Jonson better Cæs Cæsar Cleo Collier's text Compare Cymb death dost doth entry Eras Essay evil eyes fear Folio fool fortune Francis Bacon friends give Good-morrow Good-night grace grief hath hear heart heaven Heywood's honour instance John King Kins Latin Lear lord M. M. ii Macb matter mind nature never noble Noble Kinsmen Ovid passages plays Promus notes proverbs quæ quod Quoted Rich Romeo and Juliet salutation seems Shakespeare similes Sir Thomas Heywood sleep Sonnet soul speak Spedding speech sweet tell Temp thee thine things thou art thought Toby Matthew tongue truth turns of expression VIII Virg virtue Vulgate words writings