1736. certain. Fixed; definite. general. Over-versatile. 173:10. "Iniquum," etc. 'Ask for more than is equitable, that you may get equity.' 173 13. rise. Increase his demands. 173 15. favour. That is, the value to himself of the suitor's goodwill for the "former favour." Among the most admirable of the Essays in point of balanced phrasing and concisely powerful expression. 173:22. delight. Personal satisfaction. 173:23. ability. Making able. 173:24. privateness and retiring. Solitude and retreat. 173:26. expert. Experienced. 174: 2. plots. There is no sinister meaning. Plans, simply. 174:6. humour. See note on page 22, line 23. 174:9. proyning. Pruning. 174: 10. at large. Generally; vaguely. 174: 14. without. Outside; beyond. 174: 18. to weigh and consider. Bacon's own constant habit. 174: 22. curiously. With too great care. 174:27. flashy. Insipid. Compare Milton's Lycidas, lines 123, 124: - "And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw.' 174: 28. conference. Conversation. 175: 1. present. Quick; alert. 175: 4. witty. Ingenious. 175: 6. "Abeunt studia," etc. Studies translate themselves into character.' From Ovid's Heroides, XV, 83. 175: 7. stond. Stand; hindrance. 1758. wit. Mind. 175 17. schoolmen : See note on page 58, line 21. cymini sectores. 'Splitters of cummin-seeds' (very small seeds). 175:18. beat over. Work quickly over the field of. LI. OF FACTION (1597. A few lines added, 1612; much expanded, 1625) 175: 23. estate. Realm. 175: 24. respect. Interests; policy. 1761. general. Public; nonpartisan. 176: 3. correspondence. Consideration; adaptedness. 176: 5. Mean. Of low rank. adhere. Stick to a 'faction.' 1769. which. The antecedent is man.' 176: 10. passable. Tolerable. 176: 13. stiff. Uncompromising. 176: 17. Lucullus. See note on page 154, line 13. 176:19. Pompey. See note on page 82, line 23. Cæsar. See note on page 91, line 19. 176:22. Antonius. See note on page 31, line 7. Octavianus Cæsar. Augustus. See note on page 5, line 24. Brutus. See note on page 91, line 19. 176:23. Cassius. Longinus Caius Cassius was a conspirator against Julius Cæsar, B.c. 44. He was defeated by Antony at Philippi in 42, and slew himself. 176:28. seconds. Inferiors. 177:4. take in with. Compare our colloquial 'take up with." 177: 5. belike. Probably 177:6. purchase. Acquisition; gain. 1777. lightly, etc. Easily takes the palm; wins advantage. 1779. casteth. Decides. 177: 10. even carriage. Neutrality; or, to use the colloquial American term, mugwumpery.' 6 177: 12. trueness to a man's self. Self-concern; self-interest. 177: 13. suspect. Suspicious. 177:15. "Padre commune." 'The common father.' 177:18. Kings. Compare Essay XV, page 46, lines 17, et seq. 177:23. 66 tanquam unus, "etc. 'As one of us.' 177:24. league. See note on page 46, line 22. 177:31. primum mobile. See note on page 47, line 4. LII. OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS (1597. Slightly enlarged, 1612; further, 1625) 178: 3. foil. Appropriate ornamentation, revealing by its own lesser value the beauty of the object ornamented more fully than before. Compare Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act V, Sc. 2: "I'll be your foil, Laertes: in mine ignorance Your skill shall, like a star i' the darkest night, Stick fiery off indeed." 178: 12. Queen Isabella. She was born in 1451, at Madrigal, and died 1504. She was the daughter of John II. of Castile, and became queen in 1474, succeeding, with Ferdinand, her brother Henry IV. She married Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469, and was the patroness of Christopher Columbus, 1492. 178:23. again. In return; for their part. 178:25. formal. Precise; punctilious. 179:2. conveying. Implying, by means of tone. 1793. imprinting. Convincing. 179:7. keep state. Remember one's dignity. 179:14. seconding. Agreeing with; supporting. 179:22. attribute. Insincerity in compliment. 179:24. respects. Polite forms of regard. curious. Careful. 179:25. Solomon. See Eccl. xi. 4. speare's Hamlet, Act I, Sc. 2: 179: 30. point device. Precise; exact. Compare Shake "A figure like your father, Armed at point, exactly, cap-a-pe, Appears before them." and Twelfth Night, Act II, Sc. 5:"I will be point-devise the very man." the extreme sense. LIII. OF PRAISE (1612. Enlarged, 1625) 180:3. the common people. Bacon was not a democrat in He had not a high opinion of the intelligence or wisdom of the masses. "I do not love the word people." 180: 10. species virtutibus similes. 'Appearances resem 180: 15. Nomen," etc. 'A good name like unto a sweet ointment.' 180: 20. suspect. Thing to be suspected. 180: 21. he. The flatterer. hiati. Bacon frequently allows these 180:22. common attributes. Pleasing phrases which may fit any one. U Ashamed of; troubled con Insistently; emphatically. spreta con 1812. out of countenance. cerning. 1813. perforce. scientia. Despite your own conscience.' 181:6. laudando præcipere. To teach by praising.' 181 10. pessimum, etc. : Those who praise are the worst kind of enemies.' See Tacitus' Agricola, 43. 181:11. a proverb. Compare Theocritus' Idylls, IX, 24: "I shall not raise a blister on your nose, by calling you beautiful." 181: 12. push. Pimple. 181:15. vulgar. Common; undiscriminating. 181 16. Solomon. See Prov. xxvii. 14. 181 19. irritate. 181:21. decent. to page 98, line 4. Quicken; provoke. Compare Essay XXVII, page 97, line 29, 181:24. magnanimity. Since he raises the office above him 1825. "Magnificabo," etc. 'I will magnify my office.' LIV. OF VAIN-GLORY (1612. Enlarged, 1625) 182: 6. prettily. Neatly. Esop. See note on page 41, line 8. 1829. alone. Proceeds without their personal furtherance. |