 | Homerus - 1857 - 368 pages
...to the business of life. It may be said of it, as of that exquisite little manual, Bacon's Essays, after the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. Such were my feelings and expressions upwards of thirty years since in giving to... | |
 | Homerus - 1857 - 364 pages
...to the business of life. It may be said of it, as of that exquisite little manual, Bacon's Essays, after, the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. Such were my feelings and expressions upwards of thirty years since in giving to... | |
 | Homerus - 1857 - 336 pages
...to the business of life. It may be said of it, as of that exquisite little manual, Bacon's Essays, after the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. Such were my feelings and expressions upwards of thirty years since in giving to... | |
 | George Wither - 1857 - 458 pages
...to the business of life. It may be said of it, as of that 'exquisite little manual, Bacon's Essays, after the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. Such were my feelings and expressions upwards of thirty years since in giving to... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1858 - 616 pages
...may he rend from beginning to end in a few hours ; and yet. alter the twentieth perusal, one seld"m fails to remark in it something unobserved before....indeed, is a characteristic of all Bacon's writings, anil is only to be accounted for by the inexhaustible aliment they furnish to our own thoughts, and... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1858 - 386 pages
...to the business of life. It may be said of it, as of that exquisite little manual, Bacon's Essays, after the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. Such were my feelings and expressions upwards of thirty years since in giving to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 pages
...the novelty and depth of his reflections often receiving a strong relief from the triteness of his subject. It may be read from beginning to end in a few hours ; and yet, after the twentieth pernsal, one seldom foils to remark In it something overlooked before. This indeed is a characteristic... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1028 pages
...depth of his rvttectlone often receiving a strong relief from the t ri teñese of Ыя subject. Il may be read from beginning to end in a few hours; and yet, after the twentieth perumL one к>Мош fails to remark in it eomething overlooked before. Tot* ind<A*l is & characteristic... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...with human life and manners. "It maybe read," says the great Scotch philosopher, Dugald Stewart, « from beginning to end in a few hours, and yet, after the twentiedi perusal, one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before." 2. "The Profieience... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...advantage ; the novelty and depth of his reflections often receiving a strong relief from triteness of the subject. It may be read from beginning to end in a...indeed, is a characteristic of all Bacon's writings, and only to be accounted for by the inexhaustible aliment they furnish to our own thoughts, and the sympathetic... | |
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It may be read from beginning to end in a few hours ; and yet after the twentieth perusal one seldom fails to remark in it something overlooked before. This, indeed, is a characteristic of all Bacon's writings, and is only to be accounted for by the inexhaustible... 
