Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, Versus Phantom Captain Shakespeare, the Rosicrucian MaskK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 436 pages |
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... give Mr Wigston the benefit of the fact , that among the ' misleaders ' whom the Confessio advises its disciples to have nothing to do with , ' one of the greatest ' is stated to be a ' stage player , a man with sufficient ingenuity for ...
... give Mr Wigston the benefit of the fact , that among the ' misleaders ' whom the Confessio advises its disciples to have nothing to do with , ' one of the greatest ' is stated to be a ' stage player , a man with sufficient ingenuity for ...
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... give Mr Waite's translation : " For conclusion of our Confession we must earnestly admonish you , that you cast away , if not all , yet most of the worthless books of pseudo chymists , to whom it is a jest to apply the Most Holy Trinity ...
... give Mr Waite's translation : " For conclusion of our Confession we must earnestly admonish you , that you cast away , if not all , yet most of the worthless books of pseudo chymists , to whom it is a jest to apply the Most Holy Trinity ...
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... give the Latin text itself , by which the reader will be convinced Maier wrote this tract to expose some impostor POET , AS A DRONE ( Fucus ) living upon the work of others . The Preface commences : - " Quod Poetæ antiqui de suo ...
... give the Latin text itself , by which the reader will be convinced Maier wrote this tract to expose some impostor POET , AS A DRONE ( Fucus ) living upon the work of others . The Preface commences : - " Quod Poetæ antiqui de suo ...
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... gives the story of Phillip , Duke of Burgundy , in his Shakespeare Library . The Silkworm ( Bombyx ) boasts of the splendour of the silks it spins , and how indebted man is to his works , and ( upon page 35 ) thus addresses the judge ...
... gives the story of Phillip , Duke of Burgundy , in his Shakespeare Library . The Silkworm ( Bombyx ) boasts of the splendour of the silks it spins , and how indebted man is to his works , and ( upon page 35 ) thus addresses the judge ...
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... give thee the Arcanum ! d . wmml . zii . w . sgqqhka . x . Open if thou canst . . . . Is not this the hoof of the Red Lion * or the drops of the Hippo- crene fountain ? ' Beneath this barbarous jargon we discern , however , an analogy ...
... give thee the Arcanum ! d . wmml . zii . w . sgqqhka . x . Open if thou canst . . . . Is not this the hoof of the Red Lion * or the drops of the Hippo- crene fountain ? ' Beneath this barbarous jargon we discern , however , an analogy ...
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Page 34 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake ! His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye, whose bend doth awe the world, Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his, that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried, Give me some drink, Titinius, As a sick girl.
Page 235 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty . enough, and likelihood to lead it...
Page 325 - Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream.
Page 97 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 432 - CXLVI. Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Fool'd by those rebel powers that thee array, Why dost thou pine within, and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend ? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge ? Is this thy body's end ? Then, soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss, And let that pine to aggravate thy store ; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross ; Within be fed,...
Page 210 - I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark...
Page 24 - Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity; And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Page 178 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page 372 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Page 70 - Cces. (Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will corns, J Re-enter a SERVANT.