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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, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, 2 sometimes like a Fury. You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy...mad degree of Love ; which shows that great spirits 3 and great business do keep out this weak passion. You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius,...
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Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. ess, and untimely death. This every one observes to be (nit tins weak passion. You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire...
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The Essays (I-LVIII) Or, Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...then of tragedies ; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren,2 sometimes like a Fury. You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy...to the mad degree of Love ; which shows that great spirits3 and great business do keep out this weak passion. You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius,4...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury. You may observe that amongst all the 5 great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth,...been transported to the mad degree of love : which shews that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion. You must except, nevertheless,...
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Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. a short way by long wandering. And surely, he that would prove wise by experience, he becu transported to the mad degree of love, which shows that great spirits and great business do keep...
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Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 430 pages
...of Tragedies: But in Life, it doth much mischiefe : Sometimes like a Syren; Sometimes like a Fury. You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy...(whereof the memory remaineth, either Ancient or Recent) *•»- *AA*«.V there is not One, that hath beene transported, ak .\v^-*J~> io the mad degree of Love:...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy. LORD BACON. Antoninus, WATTS. If the remarker would but once try to outshine the author by writing a better b . . . They do best who, if they cannot but admit love, yet make it keep quarter, and sever it wholly...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury. You may observe that amongst all the 5 great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth,...been transported to the mad degree of love : which shews that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion. You must except, nevertheless,...
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Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Longleat in the County of Wilts ...

Mary Louisa Boyle - 1881 - 394 pages
...persons, of whom the memory remaineth, either in modern or ancient times, there hath not been one man transported to the mad degree of love, which shows...and great business do keep out this weak passion.' Might one dare to call in question the validity of so great a man's opinion ? We have seen what strenuous...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury. cither ancient or recent, there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which...
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