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Сторінка xvii
... less venal or less scrupulous than they were then . We believe that this was the first time that Bacon " lent " his pen . We now come to Bacon's Speech on the Motion of a Subsidy , on the 7th of March , 1592 , which was rather too free ...
... less venal or less scrupulous than they were then . We believe that this was the first time that Bacon " lent " his pen . We now come to Bacon's Speech on the Motion of a Subsidy , on the 7th of March , 1592 , which was rather too free ...
Сторінка xx
... less emptiness , less idleness in what he uttered . No member of his speech , but consisted of its own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss . He commanded where he spoke , and had his judges angry and pleased ...
... less emptiness , less idleness in what he uttered . No member of his speech , but consisted of its own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss . He commanded where he spoke , and had his judges angry and pleased ...
Сторінка xxi
... less for posterity ; but as a philosophical jurist his views were remarkably sound , and his recommendations deserve the most serious attention . The practical law writings have been those that have least contributed to his fame ...
... less for posterity ; but as a philosophical jurist his views were remarkably sound , and his recommendations deserve the most serious attention . The practical law writings have been those that have least contributed to his fame ...
Сторінка xxii
... less , the general claims that he has upon mankind as a teacher and guide are greatly enhanced . But whatever might be his disqualifications in reference to this pursuit , he did not fail either from an inadequate conception of the ...
... less , the general claims that he has upon mankind as a teacher and guide are greatly enhanced . But whatever might be his disqualifications in reference to this pursuit , he did not fail either from an inadequate conception of the ...
Сторінка xxxiii
... less rent , when our author solaced himself by the composition of this work ; and abiding by his own view of his own objects , he does not assume the prophetic mantle , but writes as if the consequences of the reformation had been ...
... less rent , when our author solaced himself by the composition of this work ; and abiding by his own view of his own objects , he does not assume the prophetic mantle , but writes as if the consequences of the reformation had been ...
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Сторінка 261 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Сторінка 273 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Сторінка xxii - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Сторінка 4 - 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...
Сторінка liii - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Сторінка 274 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...
Сторінка viii - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Сторінка 301 - 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.
Сторінка 301 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Сторінка 266 - He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.