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" the good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired." ("Bona rerum secundarum optabilia, adversarum mirabilia.") Certainly, if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most... "
Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil - Page xxviii
by Francis Bacon - 1868 - 388 pages
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 528 pages
...(after the manner of the Stoicks ; ) That the good Things which belong to PROSPERITY are to be Wijhed\ but the good Things that belong to ADVERSITY are to be Admired. Certainly, if that be rightly termed a Miracle, which is above Nature, the greateft Miracles appear...
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The Stranger; Or, the New Man of Feeling. [The Dedication Signed: J. C*********.

J. C. - 1806 - 156 pages
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished ; but the good things which belong to adversity are to be admired. The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtueof...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...mischievous, so end they unfortunate. Of IT was an high speech of Seneca, (after the manner of the Stoics,) that the good things which belong to prosperity are...that belong to adversity are to be admired: " Bona rertim secundarum optabilia, adversarurn mirabilia." Certainly, if miracles be the command over nature,...
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The Halcyon Luminary, and Theological Repository, Volume 2

1813 - 594 pages
...rendered independent of France for supplies of so important an article. COMPARISON. Seneca observes, that the good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things belonging to adversity are to be admired; but prosperity is not without many tt-nrs, yod. adversity...
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...It was an observation of Seneca, that " bona rerum secundarum sunt optabilia, adversarum mirabilia," the good things which belong to prosperity, are to...things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Queen Catherine, who was repudiated by Henry the Eighth, used to say, that " she would not willingly...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...they unfortunate. OF ADVERSITY. IT was an high speech of Seneca, (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things which belong to prosperity are...Certainly if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, (much too high for a heathen),...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...mischievous, and their end is unfortunate. 45. It is an high speech of Seneca, after the manner of the Stoics, that the good things which belong to prosperity, are to be wished ; but the good things which belong to adversity, are to be admired. 46. He that cannot see well, let him go softly. 47. If...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...mischievous, and their end is unfortunate. 45. It is an high speech of Seneca, after the manner of the Stoics, that the good things which belong to prosperity, are to be wished ; but the good things which belong to adversity, are to be admired. 46. He that cannot see well, let him go softly. 47. If...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...they unfortunate. V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was an high speech of Seneca, after the manner of the Stoics, that the good things which belong to prosperity are...Certainly if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, much too high for a heathen,...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...they unfortunate. V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics) , that the good things which belong to prosperity are...Certainly, if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other (much too high for a heathen),...
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