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" In the youth of a state, arms do flourish : in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together for a time : in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandize. "
The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 212
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...anticipât. id quod tormentis igneii majoribus etiam competît, avec omnibus tcmpcstatibHS doñea, of a state, learning ; and then both of them together...the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise. Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish ' : then his youth,...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...skilful in the ordering of their battles. In the youth of a state arms do flourish ; in the middle age of a state, learning ; and then both of them together...the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise. Learning hath its infancy, when it is but beginning, and almost childish ; then his youth,...
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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume 14

Military art and science - 1871 - 596 pages
...wisest of mankind, writes, — " In the youth of " a state, arms do flourish ; in the middle age of a state, learning ; and ' then both of them together...age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandize." " When a warlike state grows soft and effeminate, they may be sure of a war ; for commonly such states...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 39

William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1873 - 552 pages
...expectations. " In the youth of a State," says Lord Bacon, "arms do flourish, in the middle age of a State learning, and then both of them together for...in the declining age of a State mechanical arts and merchandise." London is a mercantile city, but there are no signs of decrepitude or decay. The City's...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...wound up : — In the youth of a state arms do flourish ; in the middle age of a state learning, aud then both of them together for a time ; in the declining age of a state, mechanical aits and merchandise. Learning hath its infancy when it is but beginning, and almost childish ; then...
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England Among the Nations

John Lalor - Great Britain - 1864 - 138 pages
...Bacon in these pregnant words. " In the youth of a State arms do nourish : — in the middle age of a State learning, and then both of them together for...age of a State, mechanical arts and merchandize." Looking to the changes which take place in individual character, it is to be feared that moral decay...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...in the ordering of their battles. In the youth of a state, arms do flourish ; in the middle age of a state, learning ; and then both of them together...the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise. Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish : 2 then his youth,...
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...History of Life and Death, namely : — " In the youth of a state arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together...state, mechanical arts and merchandize. Learning hath its infancy, when it is almost childish ; then its youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile ; then...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...the ordering of their battles. In the youth of a state, arms do flourish ; in [33] the middle age of a state, learning ; and then both of them together...the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise. Learn- [34] Even match : [ Aequo Marte.] Battles : forces. ' What may the king's whole...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...skilful in the ordering of their battles. In the youth of a State, arms do flourish, in the middle age of a State, learning, and then both of them together...the declining age of a State, mechanical arts and merchandise. Learning hath its infancy, when it is but beginning, and almost childish; then his youth,...
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