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... speak during his active life , as if he affected to die in the shadow and not in the light ; which also may be found in several passages of his works . In which time he composed the greatest part of his books and writings , both in ...
... speak during his active life , as if he affected to die in the shadow and not in the light ; which also may be found in several passages of his works . In which time he composed the greatest part of his books and writings , both in ...
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... speak them , which with what sufficiency he wrote , let the world judge ; but with what celerity he wrote them , I can . best testify . But for the fourth , his elocution , I will only set down what I heard Sir Walter Raleigh once speak ...
... speak them , which with what sufficiency he wrote , let the world judge ; but with what celerity he wrote them , I can . best testify . But for the fourth , his elocution , I will only set down what I heard Sir Walter Raleigh once speak ...
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... speak upon such a subject as wherein he was peculiarly skilful and would delight to speak . And for himself , he contemned no man's observations , but would light his torch at every man's candle . His opinions and assertions were for ...
... speak upon such a subject as wherein he was peculiarly skilful and would delight to speak . And for himself , he contemned no man's observations , but would light his torch at every man's candle . His opinions and assertions were for ...
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... by letters from foreign worthies devoted to learning , I forbear to mention them , because that is a thing common to other men of learning or note , together with him . son . But yet in this matter of his fame I speak xxii INTRODUCTION .
... by letters from foreign worthies devoted to learning , I forbear to mention them , because that is a thing common to other men of learning or note , together with him . son . But yet in this matter of his fame I speak xxii INTRODUCTION .
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Francis Bacon Albert Stanburrough Cook. But yet in this matter of his fame I speak in the com- parative only , and not in the exclusive . For his reputa- tion is great in his own nation also , especially amongst those that are of a more ...
Francis Bacon Albert Stanburrough Cook. But yet in this matter of his fame I speak in the com- parative only , and not in the exclusive . For his reputa- tion is great in his own nation also , especially amongst those that are of a more ...
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Page 125 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 42 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 31 - This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the Schoolmen : who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator...
Page 85 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 9 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 139 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity : and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 31 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 29 - ... affectionate study of eloquence and copie of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses...
Page 84 - Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, "Dry light is ever the best ; " and certain it is, that 'the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another, is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between...
Page 43 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.