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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 32
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...incongruity, are exposed to the danger of getting an awkward knock from the club.' (1'age i 80.) ' Certainly, men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves ; and while they are in tJie puzzle of business they have no time to tend their health cither of body or mind.' The following...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...in great fortunes are strangers to themselues, and while they are in the pnssle of busines they haue no time to tend their health, either of body or mind. Illi mors grauis ineubat, qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi. In place there is licence to do good...
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Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and Suggestive ...

Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...are happy as it were by report, when, perhaps, they find the contrary within ; for they are the first that find their own griefs, though they be the last that find their own faults. 73 WHAT IS HONOUR? (Shakspeare. ) Falstaff. — Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...are happy as it were by report, when perhaps they find the contrary within ; for they are the first that find their own griefs, though they be the last...their own faults. Certainly men in great fortunes are stran- [7] gers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business, they have no time to tend...
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Extracts from English Literature

John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...are happy as it were by report ; when perhaps they find the contrary within ; for they are the first that find their own griefs, though they be the last that find their own faults. * * * In place there is a licence to do good and evil, whereof the latter is a curse, for in evil the...
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Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: And His Cato Major, an Essay on Old ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 pages
...are happy as it were by report, when perhaps they find the contrary within ; for they are the first that find their own griefs, though they be the last...puzzle of business, they have no time to tend their own health, either of body or mind. ' Illi mors gravis incubat qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...its incongruity, are exposed to the danger of getting an awkward knock from the club.' (Page 180.) ' Certainly, men in great fortunes are strangers to...time to tend their health either of body or mind? The following passage from ' The Bishop1 bears upon this engrossment in public business: — 'There...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...getting an awkward knock from the club.' (Page 180.) ' Certainly r, men in great fortunes are sfrangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of...time to tend their health either of body or mind? grossment in public business : — c There are two opposite errors into which many public men have...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...For they are the first, that finde their owne Griefs; though they be the last, that finde their owne Faults. Certainly, Men in Great Fortunes, are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the pusle of businesse, they have no time to tend their Health, either of Body, or Minde. I Hi Mors gravis...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...Certainly, Men in Great Fortunes, are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the pusle of businesse, they have no time to tend their Health, either of Body, or Minde. Illi Mars gravis incubat, qui notns nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi. In Place, There is...
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