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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... "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 294
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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Handbook of Disability Studies

Gary L. Albrecht, Katherine D. Seelman, Michael Bury - Medical - 2001 - 868 pages
...with artistic creation" (Sandblom 1982:107). In Sir Francis Bacon's words, "Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...scorn, therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold" (Sandblom 1982:107). Whereas Sandblom (1982) interprets Byron's artistic work as an overwrought revenge...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...which seldom faileth of0 the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed0 in his person0 that doth induce0 contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to...Therefore all deformed persons are extreme bold. First, as0 in their own defence, as being exposed to scorn; but in process of time by a general habit. Also...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pages
...cause which seldr m failetli of the effect. Whnsnnver hath any thing fixed in his person that dntli induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself...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,...
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Medical Life, Volume 35

Medicine - 1928 - 634 pages
...talent and effort is usual in people to whom nature has been otherwise unkind : Whatsoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...are extreme bold, first, as in their own defence, as lieing exposed to scorn, but in process of time by a general habit. ... So that upon the matter, in...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 17

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1826 - 604 pages
...ventures in the other, — "ubi pcccat in uno, periclitatur in altero." He admits, however, that " whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn:" — and therefore he says shortly afterwards, —"It is not to be marvelled, if sometimes deformed...
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The Leisure Hour, Volumes 367-418

1859 - 846 pages
...adds, "have been th« attendants of many of oui- best." " Whosoever," says Lord Bacon, " hath .anything fixed in his person, that doth induce contempt, hath...in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn ;" adding that, " in a great art, deformity is an advantage in rising." Without putting much faith...
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The Rattle of Theta Chi, Volumes 22-25

Greek letter societies - 1933 - 464 pages
...explained this driving will to power by an axiom of the great Francis Bacon: "Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn." An enfeebled weakling, Bacon's suffering drove him in the seventeenth century to be one of England's...
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The Sunday Magazine

1869 - 834 pages
...most worthy little follow. Ho makes mo think sometimes of what Bacon says, ' Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath...himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn.' It's a better spur than that, though, the little man has got. I believe that the love of God is so...
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