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... he must always be con- templated with astonishment ; and we cannot suffici- ently wonder at the riches or the powers of his mind ; B at that penetration which no depth could elude ; that Some Account of the Author. ...
... he must always be con- templated with astonishment ; and we cannot suffici- ently wonder at the riches or the powers of his mind ; B at that penetration which no depth could elude ; that Some Account of the Author. ...
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... mind , did this mighty genius first break the shackles of that scholastic philosophy , which long had crushed the human intellect ; and diverting the attention from words to things , from theory to experiment , demon- strate the road to ...
... mind , did this mighty genius first break the shackles of that scholastic philosophy , which long had crushed the human intellect ; and diverting the attention from words to things , from theory to experiment , demon- strate the road to ...
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... mind may be regarded as principally indebted for its present cultivation and refinement . Thus strongly recommended by their intrinsic worth , these Essays possess also an additional and accidental value , from the circumstance of their ...
... mind may be regarded as principally indebted for its present cultivation and refinement . Thus strongly recommended by their intrinsic worth , these Essays possess also an additional and accidental value , from the circumstance of their ...
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... mind ; and I might be with excuse con- fined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest : so commend I you to the preservation of the Divine Majesty . Your entire loving brother , FRANCIS BACON . From my Chamber at ...
... mind ; and I might be with excuse con- fined to these contemplations and studies , for which I am fittest : so commend I you to the preservation of the Divine Majesty . Your entire loving brother , FRANCIS BACON . From my Chamber at ...
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... minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave ... mind , but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it that doth the hurt , such as we spake of before . But ...
... minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave ... mind , but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it that doth the hurt , such as we spake of before . But ...
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Стр. 176 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Стр. 178 - ... shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases:...
Стр. 12 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen.
Стр. 102 - ... thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation. It was well said by Themistocles to the King of Persia, 'That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure;...
Стр. 42 - Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn.
Стр. 64 - Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion; that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal.
Стр. 24 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of -Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Стр. 15 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Стр. 11 - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.
Стр. 66 - For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence, of a better nature than his own could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favor, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.