The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1A. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1850 - Biography Contains a biography of and a collection of writings from Francis Bacon. |
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... things possible . " In these glorious inventions of one rich mind , may be traced much of what has been effected in ... things baried in earth , or in air below the earth ; and things als of some natural bodies : for we find a difference ...
... things possible . " In these glorious inventions of one rich mind , may be traced much of what has been effected in ... things baried in earth , or in air below the earth ; and things als of some natural bodies : for we find a difference ...
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... things must continue as they have been : but so will that also continue , whereupon learn- ing hath ever relied , and which faileth not : justificata est sapientia a filiis suis . ' " Copies of the work were sent to the king , the ...
... things must continue as they have been : but so will that also continue , whereupon learn- ing hath ever relied , and which faileth not : justificata est sapientia a filiis suis . ' " Copies of the work were sent to the king , the ...
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... thing I stopped at the seal ; I never took penny for any commission , or things of that nature : I never shared with any servant for any second or inferior profit . " About the same period he thus wrote to the king , in a letter which ...
... thing I stopped at the seal ; I never took penny for any commission , or things of that nature : I never shared with any servant for any second or inferior profit . " About the same period he thus wrote to the king , in a letter which ...
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... things his majesty thought fit to be done this session . And his majesty added , that when he hath done this , and all that he can do for the good of his subjects , he confesseth he hath done but the duty whereunto he was born . " - The ...
... things his majesty thought fit to be done this session . And his majesty added , that when he hath done this , and all that he can do for the good of his subjects , he confesseth he hath done but the duty whereunto he was born . " - The ...
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... things , and which a romantic queen loved and encouraged : life seem- As to temporary inability , his golden rules ... things , not to inflate plain things into marvels . He was not attached either to method or to ornament , although he ...
... things , and which a romantic queen loved and encouraged : life seem- As to temporary inability , his golden rules ... things , not to inflate plain things into marvels . He was not attached either to method or to ornament , although he ...
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Page 2 - So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases: so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.
Page 138 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 22 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page xxvi - 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 138 - 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 xxiii - 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 14 - It is often seen, that bad husbands have very good wives; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their...
Page 139 - So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Page 181 - We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished?
Page 12 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. 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.