 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...ought rather to kindle it to discharge itself. XXXII. OF DISCOURSE. SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold all arguments, than of 1 ut quis inquisitionem urgeat. Fumo enim et tenebris nluntur suspiciones. 2 remedia parare ac si suspiciones... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. OF DISCOURSE. Some in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...what might be said, and not what should be thought. Some have certain commonplaces and themes, wherein they are good, and want variety ; which kind of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...undergone a changt of meaning since Bacon's day. ESSAY XVIH. DISCOURSE. [1] SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...a praise to know what might be said, and not what [2] should be thought. Some have certain commonplaces and themes, wherein they are good, and want variety... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...us." 1 See Element! of Logic, Appendix iii. ESSAY XXXII. OF DISCOURSE. SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...what might be said, and not what should be thought. Some have certain commonplaces and themes, wherein they are good, and want variety ; which kind of... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1862 - 362 pages
...afterwards to judge them, and pity to detest them. — Lamartine. 2. Some, in their discourse, desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...what might be said, and not what should be thought. — Bacon. 3. If all the means of education which are scattered over the world, and if all the philosophers... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Discourse, desire rather Commendation of Wit, in being able to hold all Arguments, then of ludgment, in discerning what is True : As if it were a Praise,...what might be Said, and not what should be Thought. Some have certaine Common Places, and Theames, wherein they are good, and want Variety : Which kinde... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to holde all arguments, then of ludgement in discerning what is true: as if it were a praise to knowe what might be saide, and not what should be thought: some haue certaine common places, and theames,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. 60. OF DISCOURSE. Some in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...what might be said, and not what should be thought. Some have certain common-places and themes, wherein they are good, and want variety: which kind of... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. O0« OF DISCOURSE. Some in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...arguments, than of judgment, in discerning what is trucji as if it were a praise to know what might be said, and not what should be thought. Some have... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...rather be said, when he sits in place, he is another man. OF DISCOURSE. SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold...what might be said, and not what should be thought. Some have certain common places and themes, wherein they are good and want variety ; which kind of... | |
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SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit in being able to hold all arguments than of judgment in discerning what is true, as if it were a praise to know what might be said and not what should be thought. 
