The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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Page xviii
... virtue which may be called incorporeal and immateriate , whereof there be in na- ture but few . " As one of the facts , he says in his Sylva Sylvarum , ( Art . 140 , ) " There is in St. James's fields a conduit of brick , unto which ...
... virtue which may be called incorporeal and immateriate , whereof there be in na- ture but few . " As one of the facts , he says in his Sylva Sylvarum , ( Art . 140 , ) " There is in St. James's fields a conduit of brick , unto which ...
Page xxviii
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adversity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
Page xxxix
... virtue , worth , and quality , will rather hunt after all occasions of expressing thankfulness , so far as duty doth permit , than either omit opportunity or increase indignation . No man alive out of the thoughts of judgment , the ...
... virtue , worth , and quality , will rather hunt after all occasions of expressing thankfulness , so far as duty doth permit , than either omit opportunity or increase indignation . No man alive out of the thoughts of judgment , the ...
Page xlvi
... virtue left idle , unemployed , or unre- warded , and every good ordinance and constitu- tion , for the amendment of the estate and times , be revived and put in execution . " bingers . Murmurs , not loud but portentous , ever precede ...
... virtue left idle , unemployed , or unre- warded , and every good ordinance and constitu- tion , for the amendment of the estate and times , be revived and put in execution . " bingers . Murmurs , not loud but portentous , ever precede ...
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... virtue . Such , however , were his sentiments ; and , even if they are erroneous , it cannot but be lamented that the only parts of this work which are com- pleted and applied to Great Britain , are those which relate to extent and ...
... virtue . Such , however , were his sentiments ; and , even if they are erroneous , it cannot but be lamented that the only parts of this work which are com- pleted and applied to Great Britain , are those which relate to extent and ...
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