Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin by William Willymott, ... In Two Volumes. ...printed: and sold by H. Parson, J. Brotherton and W. Meadows, A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, R. Gosling, and C. King, 1720 |
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... ask , If the Meaning were ex- prefs'd clearly and plainly enough : As know- ing it fit , that Words fhould be fubfervient to Matter , not Matter to Words . And if he happen'd ; happen'd to hit upon a polite Stile , ( X11 The LIFE of the.
... ask , If the Meaning were ex- prefs'd clearly and plainly enough : As know- ing it fit , that Words fhould be fubfervient to Matter , not Matter to Words . And if he happen'd ; happen'd to hit upon a polite Stile , ( X11 The LIFE of the.
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... fhould find his own Speech better'd in the Stile , but in Senfe and Substance the fame ; as if it had been natural to him to ufe good Forms : As Ovid fpake of his Fa- culty of Verfifying ; Et quod tentabam dicere , Verfus erat ...
... fhould find his own Speech better'd in the Stile , but in Senfe and Substance the fame ; as if it had been natural to him to ufe good Forms : As Ovid fpake of his Fa- culty of Verfifying ; Et quod tentabam dicere , Verfus erat ...
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... fhould be caft upon the Impediments of Knowledge ; fuch as the fhortnefs of Life ; feparation in Men's Studies ; a depraved and unfaithful Tradition of Knowledge , from hand to hand ; and a World of other Inconvenien- cies , to which ...
... fhould be caft upon the Impediments of Knowledge ; fuch as the fhortnefs of Life ; feparation in Men's Studies ; a depraved and unfaithful Tradition of Knowledge , from hand to hand ; and a World of other Inconvenien- cies , to which ...
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... fhould give him his Difpatch with all fpeed , left he should infect and inchant the Minds of the Citizens , and at unawares bring in an Alteration of the Manners and Cu- ftoms of the State . The fame Conceit mov'd Virgil alfo ...
... fhould give him his Difpatch with all fpeed , left he should infect and inchant the Minds of the Citizens , and at unawares bring in an Alteration of the Manners and Cu- ftoms of the State . The fame Conceit mov'd Virgil alfo ...
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... fhould rather call for Learned Men , that have pro- ved great Generals , than Generals that were great Scholars , there is ready for him Epa- minondas the Theban , or Zenophon the Athe- nian ; the former of which was the firft that ...
... fhould rather call for Learned Men , that have pro- ved great Generals , than Generals that were great Scholars , there is ready for him Epa- minondas the Theban , or Zenophon the Athe- nian ; the former of which was the firft that ...
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Page v - But in this prayer, at the same time that we find him prostrating himself before the great mercy-seat, and humbled under afflictions which at that time lay heavy upon him, we see him supported by the sense of his integrity, his zeal, his devotion, and his love to mankind, which give him a much higher figure in the minds of thinking men, than that greatness had done from which he was fallen, I shall beg leave to write down the prayer itself, with the title to it, as it was found among his Lordship's...
Page 107 - POESY is a part of learning in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed, and doth truly refer to the imagination; which, being not tied to the laws of matter, may at pleasure join that which nature hath severed, and sever that which nature hath joined ; and so make unlawful matches and divorces of things ;
Page vii - ... from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Page vii - And now, when I thought most of peace and honour, thy hand is heavy upon me. and hath humbled me according to thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea? Earth, heavens, and all these, are nothing to thy mercies.
Page vi - I have ever prayed unto thee that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas, and to the floods.
Page 295 - I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven...
Page 38 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page iv - I was infinitely pleased to find, among the works of this extraordinary man, a prayer of his own composing, which, for the elevation of thought, and greatness of expression, seems rather the devotion of an angel than a man. His principal fault seems to have been the excess of that virtue which covers a multitude of faults. This betrayed him...
Page vi - Lord, how thy servant hath walked before thee : remember what I have first sought, and what hath been principal in my intentions. I have loved thy assemblies : I have mourned for the divisions of thy church : I have delighted in the brightness of thy sanctuary.
Page 268 - So that we are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do and not what they ought to do.