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" There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received... "
Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 89
by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pages
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First Public Examination in Literis Graecis Et Latinis

University of Oxford - Greek language - 1879 - 412 pages
...illustrations ? Explain the meaning of each allusion. (1) As there are Mountebanks for the Naturall Body. (2) As it addeth deformity to an Ape, to be so like a Man. (3) For that that he winnes in the Hundred, he leeseth in the Shire. (4) Like the Motions (as the Astronomers...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, a's it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, 45 so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed. And as wholesome meat...
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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to...go farthest from the superstition formerly received ; 6 therefore care would 6 be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing: for as it addeth deformity to...is a superstition in avoiding superstition ; when meu think to do best, if they go farthest from the superstition formerly received: therefore care would...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man, 45 so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed. And as wholesome meat...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to...superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received ; therefore care would be had that (as it fareth in...
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious ...

George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...any, by the similarity of the periods. WiBTON. As it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like : nun, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed. BACON. LIKENESS, PICTURE, IMAGE, EFFIGY. IN the former article LIKENESS is considered as an abstract...
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Francis Bacon: (Lord Verulam.): A Critical Review of His Life and Character

Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care would* be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good not be taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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Essays

Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing; for as it addeth deformity to...makes it the more deformed: and as wholesome meat cormpteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. There...
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The essays of lord Bacon, including his moral and historical works, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing; for, as it addeth deformity to...the superstition formerly received ; therefore care would be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad, which commonly...
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