 Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work...  The British Prose Writers - Стр. 201821Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Maxwell Moss Freeman - 1936 - Страниц: 368
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 | Francis Bacon - 1937 - Страниц: 538
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 | William Jayne Weston - 1938 - Страниц: 692
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 | United States. Congress House - 1938 - Страниц: 86
...Bacon, in his essay Of Adversity, tells us: Certainly virtue is like precious odors, more fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth...discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. The adversity of the period discovered outstanding virtue in ANDREW JACKSON MONTAGUE. He did not fold... | |
 | Margaret M. Bryant - 1940 - Страниц: 456
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 | Christian Mawson - 1942 - Страниц: 232
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 | Francis Bacon - 1942 - Страниц: 328
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 | Francis Bacon - 1942 - Страниц: 324
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 | Great Britain. Scottish Education Dept - 1896 - Страниц: 642
...upon a sad and solemn ground than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure...Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth beat discover vice, but adversity doth best... | |
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