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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, with notes by A. Spiers - Page 111
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851
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The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volumes 2-3

1784 - 1048 pages
...was well faid by Triemiftocles to the King of Perfia, That fpeech was like cloth ofarrai, of tried and put abroad, 'whereby the imagery doth appear in figure, whereas in thoughts they lie but as in pacts. Neither is this fruit of friendfhip, of opening the UHderftanding, reftrained only to fuch friends...
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Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse

George Colman - 1787 - 312 pages
...meditation. It •was well faid by Themiftecles to the King of Perfia, That fpeech was like cloth of Airas, opened and put abroad ; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure, whereas in thought they lie but as in pacts, Neither is the fruit of friendfhip, of opening the •underftanding,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, -he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...was well said by Themistocles to the king of Persia, " Inat speech " was like cloth of Arras, opened and put " abroad ;" whereby the imagery doth appear...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...Persia, "That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and pnt abroad; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs."...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words ; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...is this second fruit of friendship, in opening the underitanding, restrained only to such friends as are able to give a man counsel, (they indeed are...
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly : he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally; he waxeth wiser than himself ; and that more by an hour's discourse, than by a day's meditation: - — Neither is this second fruit of friendship, in opening the understanding, restrained to such...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words : finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...speech was " like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad ; where" by the imagery doth appear in figure ; whereas in " thoughts they lie but as in packs." Neither...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...speech was " like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad ; where" by the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in " thoughts they lie but as in packs." Neither...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words : finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse...speech was " like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad ; where" by the imagery doth appear in figure ; whereas in " thoughts they lie but as in packs." Neither...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 16

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 pages
...are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men. Bacon i Essays. Themistocles said to the king of Persia, that speech was like cloth...Arras, opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery appears in figures; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packi. Bacon. There passed continually packets...
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