The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1A. Hart, 1852 |
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... writer of the first rank . In many respects Bacon resembles his immortal contemporary , Shakspeare . Like Shakspeare , he enjoyed the most splendid reputation for genius and ability , in his lifetime ; like him , he was comparatively ...
... writer of the first rank . In many respects Bacon resembles his immortal contemporary , Shakspeare . Like Shakspeare , he enjoyed the most splendid reputation for genius and ability , in his lifetime ; like him , he was comparatively ...
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... writing seemeth to me , ' si nunquam fallit imago , ' as far as a man can judge of his own work , not much better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear ...
... writing seemeth to me , ' si nunquam fallit imago , ' as far as a man can judge of his own work , not much better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear ...
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... writing infolding , may bear a quintu- ple proportion to the writing infolded ; no other condition or restriction whatsoever is required . 1 His meditations were both upon natural science and hu- man sciences , as will appear from the ...
... writing infolding , may bear a quintu- ple proportion to the writing infolded ; no other condition or restriction whatsoever is required . 1 His meditations were both upon natural science and hu- man sciences , as will appear from the ...
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... writers of maxims . Another edition , with a translation of the Me- ditationes Sacræ , was published in the next year ; and a third in 1612 , when he was solicitor - general ; and a fourth in 1625 , the year before his death . The ...
... writers of maxims . Another edition , with a translation of the Me- ditationes Sacræ , was published in the next year ; and a third in 1612 , when he was solicitor - general ; and a fourth in 1625 , the year before his death . The ...
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... writing , and by all the ask me : Now , sir , whose principles be true ? And means I could devise . For I did as plainly see I would again say to him : My lord , these courses his overthrow chained , as it were by destiny , to be like ...
... writing , and by all the ask me : Now , sir , whose principles be true ? And means I could devise . For I did as plainly see I would again say to him : My lord , these courses his overthrow chained , as it were by destiny , to be like ...
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Page 11 - But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 25 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beast by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature ; for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or " melior natura ;" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence...
Page xxviii - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; 'and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...
Page 140 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 171 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 174 - ... and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and...
Page 12 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 11 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients.
Page lxvi - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.
Page 55 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring: for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...