 | Nahum Gale - 1860 - 160 pages
...pursued them with a most untiring energy. Lord Bacon says, " Generally it is good to commit the beginning of all great actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands." Thus it seemed to Dr. Tyler. In the formation of his plans he let... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 206 pages
...buckling .towards them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion must ever be well weighed ; and, generally, it is good to commit the...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and then to speed. NIGHT AND DAY. In sultry climates... | |
 | James John Graham - Military art and science - 1864 - 498 pages
...unripeness of the occasion must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginning of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands — first to watch and then to speed. The moment the Saguntines, who... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 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 - 1867 - 440 pages
...is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occa- [5] sion (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 - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (aa we said) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...great actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the e7ids to Briareus with his hundred hands — first to watch, and then to speed ; for the helmet of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1868 - 978 pages
...either efficient or final, are unknown to and inscrutable by vt." "It is good," says Lord Bacon, " to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareue with his hundred arm« ;" but Comte avère " that the fixât social need of Western Europe... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...them, is another Extreme. The Ripenesse, or Unripenesse, 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 - 1871 - 634 pages
...them, is another Extreme. The Ripeneffe, or Vnripeneffe, of the Occafion (as we faid) muft euer 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 : Firfl to Watch, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 642 pages
...them, is another Extreme. The Ripeneffe, or Vnripeneffe, of the Occafion (as we faid) mufl euer be well weighed ; And generally, it is good, to commit the Beginnings of all great Aclions, to Argos with his hundred Eyes; And the Ends to Briareus with his hundred Hands : Firft to... | |
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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,... 
