The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 19
... leave on the mind is that they struck Bacon's fancy as containing some grains of concentrated wisdom , or obser- vations such as the ancients thought good for life , ' ' and that he jotted them down , a few at a time perhaps , by way of ...
... leave on the mind is that they struck Bacon's fancy as containing some grains of concentrated wisdom , or obser- vations such as the ancients thought good for life , ' ' and that he jotted them down , a few at a time perhaps , by way of ...
Page 63
... leave no doubt that they were studied , and for the most part original , and their resemblance to the notes in folio 111 of the Promus is strong enough to satisfy most unprejudiced persons as to their origin . The ' courtesy ' which ...
... leave no doubt that they were studied , and for the most part original , and their resemblance to the notes in folio 111 of the Promus is strong enough to satisfy most unprejudiced persons as to their origin . The ' courtesy ' which ...
Page 70
... leaves ; the permanency of odours in substances once imbued ; the impossibility of making black white ; the melting and impressible qualities of wax ; of salt in water ; fire in a flint ; the calm after a storm ; the turn of the tide ...
... leaves ; the permanency of odours in substances once imbued ; the impossibility of making black white ; the melting and impressible qualities of wax ; of salt in water ; fire in a flint ; the calm after a storm ; the turn of the tide ...
Page 99
... leave the city Thebes , and the temptings in ' t , before we further Sully our gloss of youth . . This virtue is Of no respect in Thebes : I spake of Thebes : How dangerous , if we will keep our honours It is for our residing where ...
... leave the city Thebes , and the temptings in ' t , before we further Sully our gloss of youth . . This virtue is Of no respect in Thebes : I spake of Thebes : How dangerous , if we will keep our honours It is for our residing where ...
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... leave you to your meditations , How to live better . ( Hen . VIII . iii . 2. ) My desolation does begin to make a better life . ( Ant . Cl . v . 2. ) ( See Ham . iii . 4. 150-173 . ) 96. The grace of God is worth a faire . Ministers of ...
... leave you to your meditations , How to live better . ( Hen . VIII . iii . 2. ) My desolation does begin to make a better life . ( Ant . Cl . v . 2. ) ( See Ham . iii . 4. 150-173 . ) 96. The grace of God is worth a faire . Ministers of ...
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