Bacon: His Writings and His PhilosophyGaunt, Incorporated, 2009 - 715 pages |
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Page 71
... virtues age doth of the will and affections . ... Of the Forty - third , entitled " Of Beauty , " also pub- lished in 1612 , the following is the most material portion : : - Virtue is like a rich stone , best plain set ; and surely virtue ...
... virtues age doth of the will and affections . ... Of the Forty - third , entitled " Of Beauty , " also pub- lished in 1612 , the following is the most material portion : : - Virtue is like a rich stone , best plain set ; and surely virtue ...
Page 329
... virtue from envy , and recommends it to favour . Against . Nobility seldom springs from virtue ; and virtue seldomer from nobility .. Nobles oftener plead their ancestors for pardon than promo- tion . New rising men are so industrious ...
... virtue from envy , and recommends it to favour . Against . Nobility seldom springs from virtue ; and virtue seldomer from nobility .. Nobles oftener plead their ancestors for pardon than promo- tion . New rising men are so industrious ...
Page 339
... virtue by habit , while a man prac- tiseth temperance , he doth not profit much to fortitude nor the like ; but when he dedicateth and applieth himself to good ends , look , what virtue soever the pursuit and passage towards those ends ...
... virtue by habit , while a man prac- tiseth temperance , he doth not profit much to fortitude nor the like ; but when he dedicateth and applieth himself to good ends , look , what virtue soever the pursuit and passage towards those ends ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
Moral Theological and Historical Works Section 1 Essays | 9 |
Wisdom of the Ancients | 89 |
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