The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page viii
... better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear , but yet is a cause why the music is . sweeter afterwards : so have I been content to tune the instruments ...
... better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear , but yet is a cause why the music is . sweeter afterwards : so have I been content to tune the instruments ...
Page xxxix
... better able to distin- guish betwixt public and private offices , and di- rect measure in keeping a measure in discharge of both , to which I will refer you for the finding out of the golden number . In my own particular opinion I ...
... better able to distin- guish betwixt public and private offices , and di- rect measure in keeping a measure in discharge of both , to which I will refer you for the finding out of the golden number . In my own particular opinion I ...
Page xli
... better than mine own , tion of Bacon's philosophy , that " the honest and just bounds of observation by one person upon another , extend no further but to understand him sufficiently , whereby not to give him offence ; or whereby to be ...
... better than mine own , tion of Bacon's philosophy , that " the honest and just bounds of observation by one person upon another , extend no further but to understand him sufficiently , whereby not to give him offence ; or whereby to be ...
Page xlv
... better satisfaction of the world : which I did but so perous reign of forty - five years , desolate , afflict- as never secretary had more particular and ex- ed , and weary of existence , she lingered till the press directions and ...
... better satisfaction of the world : which I did but so perous reign of forty - five years , desolate , afflict- as never secretary had more particular and ex- ed , and weary of existence , she lingered till the press directions and ...
Page l
... better than a carcass , whereupon all the vultures and birds of prey of the world did seize and ravine for many ages ; as a perpetual monument of the essential differences between the scale of miles and the scale of forces : and that ...
... better than a carcass , whereupon all the vultures and birds of prey of the world did seize and ravine for many ages ; as a perpetual monument of the essential differences between the scale of miles and the scale of forces : and that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according action Advancement affections ancient answered appear authority Bacon better body cause civil common continue counsel course death desire difference direction divine doth error Essays evil excellent fortune give greater ground hand hath heart hold honour hope human invention judge judgment kind king knowledge labour learning less light likewise living look lord majesty man's manner matter means men's mind motion nature never observation opinion particular pass persons philosophy pleasure present princes queen reason received religion respect rest saith sciences sense side sometimes sort speak speech spirit studies sure things thought tion touching true truth turn unto virtue wherein whereof wisdom wise wits writing