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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Literary and professional works - Page 478
by Francis Bacon - 1858
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The essays of lord Bacon, including his moral and historical works, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...while men in age are actors ; and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favour and popularity youth. But, for the...
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Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...while men in age are actors ; and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth ; but, for the...
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Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...while men in age are actors ; and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth ; but, for the...
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Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...while men in age are actors ; and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth; but, for the...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1884 - 722 pages
...repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,1 but content themselves with the mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound...are actors; and, lastly, good for extern' accidents, became authority folio weth old men, and favour and popularity youth; but, for the moral part, perhaps,...
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A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading ...

Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pages
...repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,1 but content themselves with the mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound...while men in age are actors; and, lastly, good for extern6 accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth; but, for the...
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Essays

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 234 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...while men in age are actors; and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth; but for the...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, hich I bred up with tender hand From the first opening...was sweet, from thes How shall I part, and whither externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favour and popularity youth. But for the...
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The Essays Or Councils, Civil & Moral: Of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 pages
...stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...Certainly, it is good to compound employments of both ; for OF YOUTH AND AGE. 333 that will be good for the present, because the virtues of either age may correct...
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Spelling and Language Book

Robert Comfort Metcalf - 1887 - 184 pages
...ourselves. — ADDISON. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. — BACON. 146 de vise' de vice' tour tow er fis sure fish er pa tients pa tience stat ue stat ure...
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