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" You may observe that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth, either ancient or recent) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out... "
The Essays of Lord Bacon: With Critical and Illustrative Notes ... - Page 38
by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 234 pages
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...like a Syren, fometimes like a Fury. You may obferve, that amongft all the great and worthy Perfons, (whereof the memory remaineth, either Ancient or Recent) there is not One, that hath been tranfported to the mad degree of Love : which mews, that great Spirits and great Bufinefs do keep out...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...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...and great business do keep out this weak passion. X ou must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire of Rome ; and Appius...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...then of tragedies ; but in life it dolh much mischief, sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. ؓ" x " P" half partner of the empire of Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver ; whereof the former...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 564 pages
...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...Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man, and inordinate, but the latter was an austere and wise...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...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...the memory remaineth, either ancient or recent,), 1 " Envy keeps no holidays." 2 See St. Matthew xiii. 25. 3 Beholden. there is not one that hath been...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...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...Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver ; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man, and inordinate, but the latter was an austere and...
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Lives of lord Lyndhurst and lord Brougham, Volume 1

John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...cold-blooded and calculating, not even affecting anything romantic or tender. " You may observe," says he, " that amongst all the great and worthy persons whereof...and great business do keep out this weak passion. There was never t' Thus he already has learned to sneer at cessus, dum in ea domo sedit, pergratns...
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Francis Bacon of Verulam: Realistic Philosophy and Its Age

Kuno Fischer - 1857 - 544 pages
...the " Civil Character of Augustus," exists both in English and Latin. the great and worthy persons, there is not one that hath been transported to the...You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius."* He has already said that love is " sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury," and it may be truly...
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Francis Bacon of Verulam, tr. by J. Oxenford

Ernst Kuno B. Fischer - 1857 - 540 pages
...Augustus." exists both in English and Latin. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. 213 the great and worthy persons, there is not one that hath been transported to the...You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius."* He has already said that love is " sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury," and it may be truly...
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The Moral Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage: Designed as a Companion to ...

William Andrus Alcott - 1857 - 328 pages
...sorts of sexual love. Lord Bacon says, " You may observe that, among 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." Matrimony should never be made a speculation for obtaining wealth ; nor should it, on either side,...
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