Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, Versus Phantom Captain Shakespeare, the Rosicrucian MaskK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 436 pages |
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... Night's Dream'the most insipid , ridiculous play I ever saw in my life . ' Bacon's Instauratio Magna ' was described by an eminent con- temporary as the silliest of printed books . ' Hacket , in his ' Life of Lord Keeper Williams ...
... Night's Dream'the most insipid , ridiculous play I ever saw in my life . ' Bacon's Instauratio Magna ' was described by an eminent con- temporary as the silliest of printed books . ' Hacket , in his ' Life of Lord Keeper Williams ...
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... night a certain tanner ( cobbler or artisan ) asleep dead drunk on the market - place , whom he caused to be lifted up and carried to his Ducal Palace , his rags taken off , and clothed in a linen shirt , then put in the Duke's bed . A ...
... night a certain tanner ( cobbler or artisan ) asleep dead drunk on the market - place , whom he caused to be lifted up and carried to his Ducal Palace , his rags taken off , and clothed in a linen shirt , then put in the Duke's bed . A ...
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... night , early in the morning perceiving where he was , for a long time he was in doubt as to his own identity , whether indeed he was what he seemed , or the Duke he had appeared to be . But persuaded by outward signs , and by his torn ...
... night , early in the morning perceiving where he was , for a long time he was in doubt as to his own identity , whether indeed he was what he seemed , or the Duke he had appeared to be . But persuaded by outward signs , and by his torn ...
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... night . That she mingleth things done with things not done : and that she is a terror to great cities ; but that which passeth all the rest is they do recount that the earth , mother of the giants , that made war against Jupiter , and ...
... night . That she mingleth things done with things not done : and that she is a terror to great cities ; but that which passeth all the rest is they do recount that the earth , mother of the giants , that made war against Jupiter , and ...
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... night ) for the King's special service . That Sir James Tyrrell accordingly repaired to the Tower by night , attended by his two servants afore- named , whom he had chosen for that purpose . That himself stood at the stair - foot , and ...
... night ) for the King's special service . That Sir James Tyrrell accordingly repaired to the Tower by night , attended by his two servants afore- named , whom he had chosen for that purpose . That himself stood at the stair - foot , and ...
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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.