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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 13
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...observation is true to a certain extent with regard to both. VOL. VI. С С V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Bona rerun secundarum ojitabilia ; adversarum mirabilia. Certainly if miracles be the command over nature,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...the observation is true to a certain extent with regard to both. VOL. VI. CC V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...the good things which belong to prosperity are to lte wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...the life of witches ; who, as they are mischievous, so end they unfortunate. V. OF ADVEHSITY. It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...things that belong to adversity are to be admired: Sana rerum secundarum optabilia, adoersarum mirabilia? Certainly, if miracles bo the command over nature,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...the life of witches ; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate. V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia ; adversarum mirabilin. Certainly if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in ad1 Vili ingcnio prmSti...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...Fifth, entitled ' Of Adversity,' which was also one of those added in the edition of 1625 : — It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...things that belong to adversity are to be admired — ' Boua rerum secundarum optabilia, adversarum mirabilia.' Certainly if miracles be the command...
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The Essays, Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...— " neque enim lex aequior nlla Quam neoia artifices arte perire sua." V.— OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca, (after the manner of the...over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, (much too high for a heathen,) " It is true greatness to...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...the lawyers' cases: so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 60. OP ADVERSITY. It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other (much too high for a heathen), " It is true greatness to...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...the life of witches ; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate. V. OF ADVERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in ad1 Vili ingenio prcediti et malitiosi. 2 So the original. The Latin translation has Henrici Quarti,...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...without duelling, the very evils which duelling professes to remedy.' ' ESSAY Y. OF ADYERSITY. IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...— ' Bona rerum secundarum optabilia, adversarum mirabilia.'i Certainly, if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...Bacon wrote. 7. Point out the Similes and other Figures in this Essay. ESSAY V. ADVEKSITY. [1] IT was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics),...things that belong to adversity are to be admired : " Bvna rerum [1.] Adversity : Some kinds of adversity are chiefly of the character of trials, and...
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