The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1848 |
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... Truth . 53. Praise .... 56 11 54 . Vainglory 57 2. Death 11 55 . Honour and Reputation .... 57 3. Unity in Religion 12 56 . Judicature ...... 58 4. Revenge ... 14 57 . Anger 59 ....... 5. Adversity ... 6. Simulation and Dissimulation 7 ...
... Truth . 53. Praise .... 56 11 54 . Vainglory 57 2. Death 11 55 . Honour and Reputation .... 57 3. Unity in Religion 12 56 . Judicature ...... 58 4. Revenge ... 14 57 . Anger 59 ....... 5. Adversity ... 6. Simulation and Dissimulation 7 ...
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... truth under the conduct of vanity ; for , seeking real nature with all her fruits about her , we should think it a betraying of our trust to infect such a subject either with an ambitious , an ignorant , or any other faulty manner of ...
... truth under the conduct of vanity ; for , seeking real nature with all her fruits about her , we should think it a betraying of our trust to infect such a subject either with an ambitious , an ignorant , or any other faulty manner of ...
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... truth , of his country , and an undying spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en - ledged that his suspicions were ...
... truth , of his country , and an undying spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en - ledged that his suspicions were ...
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... truths for the diminution of indi- In the early part of the year 1597 his first pub- vidual labour , and the foundation of ... truth and justness of thought is frequently sacrificed by the writers of maxims . Another edition , with a ...
... truths for the diminution of indi- In the early part of the year 1597 his first pub- vidual labour , and the foundation of ... truth and justness of thought is frequently sacrificed by the writers of maxims . Another edition , with a ...
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... truth is disturbed , he of all men knew and admired the wise constitution of our courts , in which it has been deemed expedient , that , to elicit truth , the judge should hear the op- posite statements of the same or of different pow ...
... truth is disturbed , he of all men knew and admired the wise constitution of our courts , in which it has been deemed expedient , that , to elicit truth , the judge should hear the op- posite statements of the same or of different pow ...
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Page 260 - The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
Page 18 - I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 5 - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Page xix - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 13 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them,) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page lx - 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 49 - 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...
Page cxviii - ... 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 differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon 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 49 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;' and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page xiii - This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen, who, having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, (but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges...