The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... thou thrive if thou grant any grace . In Mea . for Mea . : — Pardon is the nurse of second woe . In this case the passage from the prose work has the word mercy instead of pardon , which stands in the Promus and in Measure for Measure ...
... thou thrive if thou grant any grace . In Mea . for Mea . : — Pardon is the nurse of second woe . In this case the passage from the prose work has the word mercy instead of pardon , which stands in the Promus and in Measure for Measure ...
Page 77
... thou feelest not , What thou feelest being able to make Mars Spurn his drum . Here the connection of ideas between an embracing corselet and a locked embrace seems to be worked out , and the two passages are still further brought into ...
... thou feelest not , What thou feelest being able to make Mars Spurn his drum . Here the connection of ideas between an embracing corselet and a locked embrace seems to be worked out , and the two passages are still further brought into ...
Page 93
... thou lack'st and that breath wilt thou lose . • ( Rich . II . ii . 1. ) 9. Veritatem eme et noli vendere . - Prov . xxiii . 23 . ( Buy the truth , and sell it not . ) Knowledge which kings with their treasures cannot buy . ( See No. 232 ...
... thou lack'st and that breath wilt thou lose . • ( Rich . II . ii . 1. ) 9. Veritatem eme et noli vendere . - Prov . xxiii . 23 . ( Buy the truth , and sell it not . ) Knowledge which kings with their treasures cannot buy . ( See No. 232 ...
Page 95
... thou and thy daughter are ; they'll have me whipped for speaking true , thou'lt have me whipped for lying ; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace . ( Lear , i . 5. ) 18. Quorundam hominum peccata præcedunt ad judi- cium ...
... thou and thy daughter are ; they'll have me whipped for speaking true , thou'lt have me whipped for lying ; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace . ( Lear , i . 5. ) 18. Quorundam hominum peccata præcedunt ad judi- cium ...
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... thou dost play with him at any Thou art sure to lose ; and of that natural luck He beats thee ' gainst the odds , & c . ( Ant . Cl . ii . 5 , 13 , 39. ) Ant . When mine hours were nice and lucky , men did ransom lives Of me for jests ...
... thou dost play with him at any Thou art sure to lose ; and of that natural luck He beats thee ' gainst the odds , & c . ( Ant . Cl . ii . 5 , 13 , 39. ) Ant . When mine hours were nice and lucky , men did ransom lives Of me for jests ...
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