The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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 ix
... mean- tiine students of Elizabethan literature ought to be grate- ful to the author for having raised the question . Again , Bacon has thought it worth while to enter ( entry 1189 ) the phrase ' Good - morrow . ' What does this mean ...
... mean- tiine students of Elizabethan literature ought to be grate- ful to the author for having raised the question . Again , Bacon has thought it worth while to enter ( entry 1189 ) the phrase ' Good - morrow . ' What does this mean ...
Page xii
... means without interest . It is quite worth while to know what phrases from the Vulgate , Virgil , Ovid , Seneca , and Erasmus were thought worthy by Francis Bacon of inser- tion in his commonplace book . Readers will find that he never ...
... means without interest . It is quite worth while to know what phrases from the Vulgate , Virgil , Ovid , Seneca , and Erasmus were thought worthy by Francis Bacon of inser- tion in his commonplace book . Readers will find that he never ...
Page xviii
... Means to the End - Meeting or Avoiding Labour - Fruition- Acquisition 123. ' Col. G. and E .'- Of Praise - Qualities ... Mean - Origin - Foundations --- Turns in Affairs - Effects - Ends 130-132 . French Proverbs . 425 431 • 436 442 445 ...
... Means to the End - Meeting or Avoiding Labour - Fruition- Acquisition 123. ' Col. G. and E .'- Of Praise - Qualities ... Mean - Origin - Foundations --- Turns in Affairs - Effects - Ends 130-132 . French Proverbs . 425 431 • 436 442 445 ...
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... means probable , nor is it intended to convey the impression , that all these notes were written by Bacon with the specific object of introducing them into any of his works . Nevertheless , when the same notes are found repeated as ...
... means probable , nor is it intended to convey the impression , that all these notes were written by Bacon with the specific object of introducing them into any of his works . Nevertheless , when the same notes are found repeated as ...
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... means to cultivating the ' invention ' or imagination . It will be seen that Bacon considered ( and he speaks from his experience ) that we cannot form conceptions of things of which we have no knowledge ; and that the imagination must ...
... means to cultivating the ' invention ' or imagination . It will be seen that Bacon considered ( and he speaks from his experience ) that we cannot form conceptions of things of which we have no knowledge ; and that the imagination must ...
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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