 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself from scorn ; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme3 bold — first, as in their own defence, as being exposed to scorn, but in process of time... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Queens - 1856 - 646 pages
...penetrated that as well as every other mystery. " Whosoever," says the Chancellor of Mankind, "hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself from scorn ; therefore all deformed persons are extremely bold." It is to this extreme boldness James often coarsely refers in his letters to his "little... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...which is more deceivable, but as a cause which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself from scorn ; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme3 bold — first, as in their own defence, as being exposed to scorn, but in process of time... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - Art - 1857 - 468 pages
...: They woo with fearlesss deeds the smile's of fortune. Part 1, section 1. "Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself from scorn ; therefore all deformed persons are extremely bold." (Of Deformity.) A classical reader might readily have suspected that the lines in... | |
 | Edward Thomson - Christian biography - 1857 - 408 pages
...regions of poetry, had he not been ridiculed for the malconformation of his foot. Lord Bacon remarks, " Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn." Trials bring the sinner to reflection. Look at those poor gamblers; the prayer of the dying mother... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...and virtue. Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more dcceivable ; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect....but in process of time by a general habit Also it stirreth in them industry, and especially of this kind, to watch and observe the weakness of others,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...obscured by the sun of discipline and virtue ; therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which...contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue VOL. I 7 and deliver himself from scorn ; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme bold ; first,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...quoting the following passage from Lord Bacon's Essays : " It is good to consider deformity not as a sign, which is more deceivable ; but as a cause, which...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn." Warton, in the dedication of his elegant " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," after making... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...obscured by the sun of discipline and virtue ; therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign which is more deceivable, but as a cause which...but in process of time by a general habit. Also it stirreth in them industry, and especially of this kind, to watch and observe the weakness of others,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...obscured by the sun of discipline and virtue. Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable ; but as a cause, which...but in process of time by a general habit. Also it stirreth in them industry, and especially of this kind, to watch and observe the weakness 1 aeiiectutem... | |
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Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn; therefore, all deformed persons are extreme bold; first, as in their own defence, as being exposed... 
