The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... seen to have been cor- rected , and the ideas modified or expanded . ( See folio 122 , 1319-1381 , and folio 128 , 1465–1478 . ) In folio 118 are a few texts and reflections on Hope , which reappear in the Meditationes Sacræ de Spe ...
... seen to have been cor- rected , and the ideas modified or expanded . ( See folio 122 , 1319-1381 , and folio 128 , 1465–1478 . ) In folio 118 are a few texts and reflections on Hope , which reappear in the Meditationes Sacræ de Spe ...
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... seen to greater advantage in other parts of Bacon's works , where they are accompanied by his comments , or shown in his application . • " The proverbs may all , or nearly all , be found in our common collections , and the best are of ...
... seen to greater advantage in other parts of Bacon's works , where they are accompanied by his comments , or shown in his application . • " The proverbs may all , or nearly all , be found in our common collections , and the best are of ...
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... seen combined not only the sentiments and opinions of Bacon , but also some of his verbal peculiarities . No one or two of these , perhaps not twenty such , might be held to afford proof that the writer of the notes was also the author ...
... seen combined not only the sentiments and opinions of Bacon , but also some of his verbal peculiarities . No one or two of these , perhaps not twenty such , might be held to afford proof that the writer of the notes was also the author ...
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... seen that the folios , or separate sheets , upon which the notes are written , have been numbered as they occur in the Harleian Collection , and that the first of the folios belonging to the Promus is No. 83 . 2 7 quotations are entered ...
... seen that the folios , or separate sheets , upon which the notes are written , have been numbered as they occur in the Harleian Collection , and that the first of the folios belonging to the Promus is No. 83 . 2 7 quotations are entered ...
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... seen that the whole of these have some relation to wisdom . There are texts on the pursuit of wisdom , on the connection between wisdom and truth , on the differences seen in the scorner and the patient inquirer after truth , the wisdom ...
... seen that the whole of these have some relation to wisdom . There are texts on the pursuit of wisdom , on the connection between wisdom and truth , on the differences seen in the scorner and the patient inquirer after truth , the wisdom ...
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