| John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1830 - 384 pages
...4to. of 1 612 " sweet." t Perfumes, the mitre they are chaf'd, &c.] Compare Lord Bacon's Essayi; " Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant...when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity Their pleasing scents ; and so affliction Expresseth virtue fully, whether true, Or else adulterate.... | |
| John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1830 - 398 pages
...4to. of 1 612 " street." t Perfumes, the more they are chaf'd, &c.] Compare Lord Bacon's Eisayt; " Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant...when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity Their pleasing scents ; and so affliction Expresseth virtue fully, whether true, Or else adulterate.... | |
| 1831 - 548 pages
...needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart hy the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are burned... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue." The essays were immediately translated into French and Italian, and into Latin by some of his friends,... | |
| 1835 - 334 pages
...needle-works and embroideries it is niore pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.' OF PRAYER. Ouu prayers should run parallel to promises ; we should ask nothing of God but what we have... | |
| Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1835 - 1002 pages
...in the carriage, they turned hastily away to conceal the emotion which overpowered them. CHAPTER XX. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant...discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. Lord BACON'S Essuyt. MRS. MORGAN and Amy Evans expected that the controul which the unfortunate Countess... | |
| Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1835 - 240 pages
...case of need. The hour of need is fast approaching ; you will not forget your promises !" CHAPTER XX. Certainly virtue is like precious odours — most...crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but advercity doth best discover virtue. Loiui BACON'S Essays. MRS. MORGAN and Amy Evans had expected that... | |
| Plebeians - 1836 - 858 pages
...judgments and actions are swayed by a sense of private wrong. CHAPTER IV. POVERTY AND TEMPTATION. " Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when...vice — but adversity doth best discover virtue." Bacon. SIR John Manford's mill, and Factory Hall were in course of rebuilding with all possible dispatch;... | |
| Author of Old maids - 1836 - 210 pages
...judgments and actions are swayed by a sense of private wrong. CHAPTER XXIII. POVERTY AND TEMPTATION. " Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when...or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice — bnt adversity doth best discover virtue." Bacon. Sir John Manford's mill, and Factory Hall were... | |
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