The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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
... rest , although some of them are still popular , are neither in Heywood , nor in the Promus , nor in the plays . For instance , ' Dropping wears a stone , ' ' Cut a coat by another man's measure , ' Fortune ruleth the roast , ' ' Quench ...
... rest , although some of them are still popular , are neither in Heywood , nor in the Promus , nor in the plays . For instance , ' Dropping wears a stone , ' ' Cut a coat by another man's measure , ' Fortune ruleth the roast , ' ' Quench ...
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... version of the proverb , as the entries in the Promus are not in all cases word for word , like the version of Heywood , nor like its modern form . crabbed old English characters from which the rest of the 26 FOREIGN PROVERBS .
... version of the proverb , as the entries in the Promus are not in all cases word for word , like the version of Heywood , nor like its modern form . crabbed old English characters from which the rest of the 26 FOREIGN PROVERBS .
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... rest of the MSS . have to be deciphered . At first sight there was no connecting link to be found between this collection and the plays , and it seemed probable that these folios had been arranged by mistake amongst Bacon's notes ...
... rest of the MSS . have to be deciphered . At first sight there was no connecting link to be found between this collection and the plays , and it seemed probable that these folios had been arranged by mistake amongst Bacon's notes ...
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... rest , ' ' You put me in mind , ' ' Nothing less , ' & c . , are to be met with throughout the plays , and remain now amongst us as household words . Most of these are indeed so common now , that again the idea naturally occurs that any ...
... rest , ' ' You put me in mind , ' ' Nothing less , ' & c . , are to be met with throughout the plays , and remain now amongst us as household words . Most of these are indeed so common now , that again the idea naturally occurs that any ...
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... rest of note 1167 may be compared with the essay Of Expense and with the places which have been marked for reference to the plays . Then comes a note , which is repeated three times in the Promus and as often in the plays — ' Well to ...
... rest of note 1167 may be compared with the essay Of Expense and with the places which have been marked for reference to the plays . Then comes a note , which is repeated three times in the Promus and as often in the plays — ' Well to ...
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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