...engagements. " You may observe," Lord Bacon remarks, " that amongst all the great and worthy persons, there is not one that hath been transported to the...and great business do keep out this weak passion." " Love," as Bayle has observed, " is a very necessary feeling for the preservation of human beings....

...arriver, et, par le commun consentement des escholes anciennes, en est rejecté." — Essais. iJnre 1. Usi You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy persons, whereof the memory retaineth, either ancient or recent, there is not one (except Marcus Antonius and Appius Claudius the...

...an introductory sentence or so, from the works of a very great man, Lord Bacon. His lordship says, ' You may observe that amongst all the great and worthy...and great business do keep out this weak passion. * * * * It is a poor saying of Epicurus, Satis magnum alter altert theatrum sumus ; as if a man, made...

...then of tragedies j but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy...You must except nevertheless Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire of Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver ; whereof the former...

...adv. Sof long existence: the RE'CENTNMS, n, ». ) adverb and noun-substantive corresponding. Among all the great and worthy persons, whereof the memory...that hath been transported to the mad degree of love. Bacon. This inference of the rnentucss of mankind from the recentneu of these apotheoses of gentile...

...then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy...You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire of Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former...

...persons (whereof the memory remaiueth, either ancient or recent) there is not one Envy keeps no holidays. that hath been transported to the mad degree of love...spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion It is a strange thing to note the excess of this passion, and bow it braves the nature and value of...

...then of tragedies ; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a syren, sometimes like a fury. You may observe that amongst all the great and worthy...remaineth, either ancient or recent) there is not one Envy keeps no holidays. x , .• , \ 'f. THE ESS AYS. ^'' 41 that hath been transported to the mad...

...tragedies; hut in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a syren, sometimes like a fury. You may ohserve that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof...remaineth, either ancient or recent) there is not one Envy keeps no holidays. that hath heen transported to the mad degree of love; which ihowa that great...

...recent) there is not one * Envy keeps no holidays. that hath been transported to the mad degree of love j which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak 1sission It is a strange thing to note the excess of this passion, and how it braves the nature and...