 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...there be that delight in giddiness, 3 and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; 4 affecting free-will s in thinking, as well as in acting. And, though the sects of philosophers of that kind 6 be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing 7 wits which are of the same veins, 8 though there... | |
 | Eliza Rhyl Davies - 1875 - 302 pages
...was almost morbid. The simpler a truth is, the harder it is to hit Moreover, and this is serious, " there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief affecting free will in thinking as well as acting.* Dr. Fraser gave up his profession for no other reason than... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 pages
...that Christ * deigned no reply' to Pilate, is at least as questionable as that of Bacon (Essay i.) : 1 What is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' II. 290-304. Cp. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1234: ' Oh! knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 352 pages
...that Christ ' deigned no reply 'to Pilate, is at least as questionable as that of Bacon (Essay i.) : 'What is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' II. 290-304. Cp. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1234: ' Oh ! knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...not believe that the Truth — Nature's answer — is attainable, if they will but wait to be taught. What is Truth ? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Thus, then, the Essays contain an abridgment of Bacon's life, the essence of his manners, his morals,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...as much as he could without losing the power to resist them at all. FRANCIS BACON. ESSAYS/ OF TRUTH. "WHAT is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.1 Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...Majesty, and next of your majesty, to whom on earth I am most bounden. ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL. L OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not...in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sect of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certaindiscoursingwits, which are of the... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 548 pages
...without studying the writings of Dr. Robinson or Dr. Tobler, it is enough to observe, with Bacon, — 'Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and...affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting*.' Plus negare potest asinus, quam probare philosophus. On the other hand, the identity of the present... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 550 pages
...without studying the writings of Dr. Robinson or Dr. Tobler, it is enough to observe, with Bacon, — 'Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and...belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting3.' Plus negare potest asinus, quam probare philosophus. On the other hand, the identity of the... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 546 pages
...without studying the writings of Dr. Robinson or Dr. Tobler, it is enough to observe, with Bacon, — 'Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and...belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in_ acting3.' Plus negare potest asinus, quam probare philosophus. On the other hand, the identity... | |
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Certainly there be that delight in giddiness; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. 
