 The word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles.  Letters - Page 44by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...have called ' Essays.' The word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucflius, if you mark them well, are but Essays, that is, dispersed...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles." The resemblance, at all events, to Montaigne is not greater than might be expected in two men equally... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 486 pages
...called Essays. The word is late, but the thing is ancient. For Seneca's epistles to Lucilins, if one mark them well, are but Essays, that is, dispersed...know cannot be worthy of your Highness, for what can he worthy of you ? But my hope is, they may be as grains of salt, that will rather give you an appetite... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1871 - 630 pages
...down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called essays. The word is late, but the thing is ancient. For Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles."- — -Bacon. A TREATISE (Fr. traiter, to treat) is more formal and scientific than an essay. As an essay... | |
 | James Spedding - 1878 - 742 pages
...called Essays. The word is late, but the thing is ancient. For Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if one mark them well, are but Essays, that is, dispersed...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. These labors of mine I know cannot be worthy of your Highness, for what can be worthy of you? But my hope... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...to give the world a correct version of hie work. The word Essays, he says, "is late, but the thing is ancient, for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if...meditations, though conveyed in the form of Epistles." " The transcendent strength of Bacon's mind is visible," say» Hallam, "m the whole tcnour of these... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 pages
...in the dedication to Prince Henry, in 1612 : " The word (Essays)," says he, " is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles." Bacon justly foretold of his Essays that they " would live as long as books last." 1 Montaigne says,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...in the dedication to Prince Henry, in 1612 : " The word (Essays)," says he, " is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles." Bacon justly foretold of his Essays that they " would live as long as books last." 1 Montaigne says,... | |
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