 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 556 דפים
...reft; nay,. as tho' it were All in All, ihould almoftalone be cry'd up. But the Reafon is plain; for there is in human Nature generally more of the Fool than of the Wife ; and therefore thofe Faculties, by which the foolifti Part of Men's Minds is taken, are moil... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1794 - 640 דפים
...fo gaudy a trim as the candle-light of falfehood a. In another place he moft juftly remarks that, ' there is in human nature generally more of the fool, than of the wife : and therefore thofe faculties, by which the foolifh part of mens minds is taken, is the moft... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest; nay almost...foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business; what first? boldness: what second and third?... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay...foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ; what first ? boldness ; what second and... | |
 | 1815 - 210 דפים
...Romney, p. 131. CHAPTER IV. There is inhuman nature generally more of the fool than of the wise; ami therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are the most potent of all....Bacon. AT a time when the modern Phryne was the favourite model of artists,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay,...generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and thereE 3 _!.. fore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest ; nay,...generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and thereE 3 fore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest : nay...therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of mens minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ; what... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 דפים
...therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of mens minds is taken, are most potent. Wonderful like is the case of boldness in civil business ; what first ? — Boldness. What second and third ? — Boldness. And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness, far inferior to other parts.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 דפים
...but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts of invention, elocution, and the rest; nay almost...plain. There is in human nature generally more of the feol than of the wise; and therefore those faculties by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken,... | |
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He said it that knew it best and had by nature himself no advantage in that he commended. A strange thing, that that part of an orator which is but superficial, and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high above those other noble parts... 
