 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...is another extream. The RJpenefs or Unripenefs of the Occalion, (as { as we faid ) mult ever be well weighed , and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great A«ions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands , tirft to... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the Occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus -with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands; first to watch and then to speed. The helmet of Pluto, which makes... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all greal actions to Argos with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands; first... | |
 | Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...waves of fortune, and be full of inconstancy, doing and undoing, like the reeling of a drunken man. It is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands : for the helmet of Pluto, which maketh the politic man to go invisible,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...them is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, (as we said,) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argos with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, as we said, must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands : first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, (as we said) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argos with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, (as we said) must ever be well weighed;" and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argos with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred bands; first to watch, and then... | |
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The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes; and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands, — first to watch,... 
