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" ... therefore, if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune ; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky ; which is a meeting, or knot of a number of small stars, not seen asunder,... "
The Maxims of Francis Guicciardini - Page 46
by Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 158 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Mr% Way in the Skie, which is a Meeting or 147 or Knot of a number of fmall Stars i not feen afunder, but giving Light together : So are there a number of little, and fcarce difcerned Vertues, or rather Faculties and Cuftoms that make men Fortunate. The Italians note...
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 528 pages
...look fharply and intently, he fliall fee FORTUNE: For tho' Jhe be Blind, yet fhe is not Invifible. For the Way of FORTUNE is like the MILKY WAY in the Sky ; which is a Meeting, or a Knot of a great many fmall Stars, Invifible afunder, but Illuftripus all together. So are there a...
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The English Enchiridion; Being a Selection of Apothegms, Moral Maxims, Etc

John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...followers are not to be liked, lest, while a man maketh his train longer, he makes his wings shorter. xl. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky, which is a meeting of a number of . small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together; so there are a number of...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...look sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky...number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving _ light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...thing of straw, but it protects the corn — Pope. DCCLXXV. The way of fortune is like the milky way hi the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of...rather faculties and customs that make men fortunate. — Lord Boom. DCCLXXVI. — : Two beggars told me, I could not miss my way; will poor folks lie, That...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.—Pope. DCCLXXV. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky;...giving light together: so are there a number of little ana scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs that make men fortunate.— Lord Bacon....
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 12

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...notice of the window where the knight intends to appear. Addison'i Spectator. A cluster; a collection. beseech God I may be able to digest into kindly juice, that I may grow the hint of a number of small «tars, not seen asunder, but giving light together. Bacon's Essays. In a...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 3

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...Shakspeare's Third Part of Henry VI. act i. sc. 5. The way of Fortune is like the milken way in tho ekie, which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars ; not seen asunder, hut giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned vcrtues, or rather...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune ; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky...of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather .'acuities and customs that make men fortunate : the Italians note some of them, such as a man would...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune ; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. j which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together....
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