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" I cannot tell, this same truth is a naked and open daylight that doth not show the masks and mummeries and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candlelights. Truth may, perhaps, come to the price of a pearl that showeth best by day, but... "
The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ... - Page 152
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 524 pages
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...this same truth is a naked and open day-light, that does not shew the masques, mummeries, and trinmphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights....Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that shews best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that shews best in...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...neither they make for pleasure, as with poets; nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell: this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights. Truth...
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The Friend: A Series of Essays

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 pages
...naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the Masques and Mummeries and Triumphs of the present World half so stately and daintily, as Candle-lights....Truth may perhaps come to the Price of a Pearl, that sheweth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a Diamond or Carbuncle, which sheweth best...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...sake. But I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not shew the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world half so stately...Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...Truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the B world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights....Truth may perhaps come to the price. of a pearl, that sheweth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...Truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the B world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights....Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...the lye's sake. But I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world,...Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day : but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masques, and mummeries, and trinmphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights....Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth B 2 best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...sake. But I cannot tell: this same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so...Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masques, and mummeries, and trinmphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights....Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that sheweth B 2 best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth...
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