 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 pages
...flowers of that he hath learned abroad into the customs of his own country. 76 Essay XIX. Of Empire T is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear^~~ahd~yet that commonly is the case of kings ; who, being at the highest, want matter of desire,... | |
 | D. Nickerson (Chaplain to H.M. forces.) - 1901 - 438 pages
...could we have at once everything we want, and have no hope left. Bacon says in his Essay on Empire, " It is a miserable state of mind to have few things...desire, which makes their minds more languishing. . . Hence it comes likewise that princes many times make themselves desires, and set their hearts upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 pages
...Minde, to have few Things to desire, and many Things to f eare : And yet that commonly is the Case of Kings ; Who being at the highest, want Matter of desire, which makes their Mindesmore Languishing; And have many Representations of Perills and Shadowes, which makes their Mindes... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 462 pages
...common 'larum bell? Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." 2 Henry IV., iii. 1 (1600). From Bacon " It is a miserable state of mind to have few things...things to fear ; and yet that commonly is the case of kings ; who, being at the highest, want matter of desire, which makes their minds more languishing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...Peculiarity. Cf. Lat. proprius. 1 15. Scripture. Prov. 25. 3. Selby quotes Bacon's essay Of Empire: 'It is a miserable state of mind to have few things...things to fear. And yet that commonly is the case of kings : who, being at the highest, want matter of desire, which makes their minds more languishing,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...some flowers of that he hath 20 learned abroad, into the customs of his own country. XIX. OF EMPIRE IT is a miserable state of mind to have few things...things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of kings, who, being at the highest, want matter of desire,0 which makes their 25 minds more languishing;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 200 pages
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 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 200 pages
...mind, to have few things to desire, and many things to fear : and yet that commonly is the case of kings ; who, being at the highest, want matter of desire, which makes their minds more languishing ; and have many representations of perils and shadows, which make their minds the less clear. And this... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1906 - 246 pages
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 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 340 pages
...Minde to have few Things to desire and many Things to feare ; And yet that commonly is the Case of Kings, Who, being at the highest, want Matter of desire, which makes their Mindes more Languishing; And have many Representations" of Perills and 5 Shadowes, which makes their... | |
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