 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...safest and wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly 25 the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness...managed ; for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn : and at such times when they thought the case indeed required 30 dissimulation, if then they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 324 pages
...business.' P. 103. [24] Manag-e : To rein in, a metaphor from horsemanship. See Essay vi. 1. 28 : ' They were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn.' Ncgotiis pares means 'equal to their work.' [30] Argument : Argxo 1s (Love's Labour's Lost,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...the safest and wariest way in general, like the going softly, by one that cannot well see. Certainly, the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness...managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn ; and at such times when they thought the case indeed required dissimulation, if then they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 324 pages
...P. 103. [24] Manage : To rein in, a metaphor from horsemanship. See Essay vi. 1. 28 : ' They we re like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn.' Ncgotiis pares means 'equal to their work.' [30] Argument : Argso is (Love's Labour 's Lost,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 pages
...like the going softly by one i Tac. Ann. v. 1. 2 Tac. Hist. ii. 76. that cannot well see. Certainly, the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness...managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn ; and at such times, when they thought the case indeed required dissimulation, if then they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...the safest and wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly, the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness...managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn ; and at such times, when they thought the case indeed required dissimulation, if then they... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...the safest and wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness...managed ; for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn: and at such times when they thought the case indeed required dissimulation, if then they used... | |
 | John Calvin Reed - 1885 - 476 pages
...attempted by even the best of men in the best of cases. Remember the words of Bacon : — " Certainly, the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness...managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn ; and at such times, when they thought the case indeed required dissimulation, if then they... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 562 pages
...useless folly of a general habit of deception : " Certainly the ablest men that ever were, have all had an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of...managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop and turn " (vi. 29) ; and again, " The best composition and temperature is to have openness in fame... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 540 pages
...habit of deception^ " Certainly the ablest men that ever were, Have ail had an openness and fiuiikness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity....managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop and turn " (vi. 29) ; and again, " The best composition and temperature is to have openness in fame... | |
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Certainly the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn... 
