The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |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
... strange phrase that they alter dawning ' into ' even , ' although a little farther on Kent welcomes the ' comfortable beams ' of the rising sun . Obviously dawning ' is right ; but did the phrase suggest itself independently to Bacon ...
... strange phrase that they alter dawning ' into ' even , ' although a little farther on Kent welcomes the ' comfortable beams ' of the rising sun . Obviously dawning ' is right ; but did the phrase suggest itself independently to Bacon ...
Page 62
... strange and chilling by southern visitors , accustomed from childhood to regard it as an indispensable act of courtesy . However this may be , and the instances are probably becoming more rare every day , it certainly does not ap- pear ...
... strange and chilling by southern visitors , accustomed from childhood to regard it as an indispensable act of courtesy . However this may be , and the instances are probably becoming more rare every day , it certainly does not ap- pear ...
Page 110
... strange infection Is fallen into thine ear ? ( Cymb . iii . 1. ) It is the disease of not hearing and the malady of not mark- ing that I am troubled with , & c . ( 2 Hen . IV . i . 2. ) 76. Suspicio fragilem fidem solvit , fortem ...
... strange infection Is fallen into thine ear ? ( Cymb . iii . 1. ) It is the disease of not hearing and the malady of not mark- ing that I am troubled with , & c . ( 2 Hen . IV . i . 2. ) 76. Suspicio fragilem fidem solvit , fortem ...
Page 113
... strange con- cordes and discordes . I ever liked the Galenists , that deal with good compositions ; and not the Parcelsians , that deal with fine separations ; and in music I ever loved easy airs , that go full at all the parts together ...
... strange con- cordes and discordes . I ever liked the Galenists , that deal with good compositions ; and not the Parcelsians , that deal with fine separations ; and in music I ever loved easy airs , that go full at all the parts together ...
Page 161
... strange fellow here · Writes me : That man , how dearly ever parted . Cannot make boast to have that which he hath , Nor feels not what he owes , but by reflection . ( Tr . Cr . iii . 3. ) She hath been reading late The tale of Tereus ...
... strange fellow here · Writes me : That man , how dearly ever parted . Cannot make boast to have that which he hath , Nor feels not what he owes , but by reflection . ( Tr . Cr . iii . 3. ) She hath been reading late The tale of Tereus ...
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