Bacon's EssaysMacmillan, 1895 - 300 pages |
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actions affections alleys amongst ancient atheism Augustus Augustus Cæsar Bacon means Bacon says better body Cæsar cause century B.C. certainly Church Cicero commonly counsel cunning custom danger death discourse dissimulation divine doth Emperor empire envy Essay viii Essay xix Essay xv Essay xxvii fame favour fortune Francis Bacon Galba garden give ground hath Henry Henry VII honour judge judgment Julius Cæsar kind king Latin translation adds Latin word less likewise maketh man's matter men's mind motion nature never nobility note on Essay observation opinion party persons plantation pleasure Plutarch politic Pompey princes religion reputation riches Roman saith Scripture secret seditions sense Septimius Severus servants side sometimes sort speak speech spirit superstition Tacitus Themistocles things thou thought Tiberius true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wherein whereof wisdom wise