 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...a man, in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...circumvent others, according to the sentence of Solomon, ' Vjr prudens advertit ad gressus suos ; stultus autem divertit ad dolos ;' insomuch that the bishop... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not upon. practice to circumvent others." After Elizabeth had forgiven his jnterference respecting the succession, no one was held by her in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 562 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...of Solomon, Vir prudens advertit ad gressus suos, stttltus autem divertit ad dolos: insomuch that the Bishop of Ross, a subtle and observing man, said... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...advertit ad gressus suos, stultus " autem divertit ad doles:" insomuch that the bishop of Ross, a subtle and observing man, said of him, that he could fasten... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...man, in liis private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not upon practice to circumvent others.' Many speeches of Sir Nicholas Bacon as Lord Keeper upon formal occasions will be found in the parliamentary... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...a man, in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not upon practice to circumvent others." Many speeches of Sir Nicholas Bacon as Lord Keeper upon formal occasions will be found in the parliamentary... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pages
...estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own causes, and not upon practice to circumvent others, according...advertit ad gressus suos ; stultus autem divertit ad dolorem ; ' insomuch that the bishop of Rosse, a subtle and observing man, said of him, that he could... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 624 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...upon him, and that it was impossible to come within liim, because he offered no play : and the queen-mother of France, a very politic princess, said of... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 534 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...advertit ad gressus suos, stultus autem divertit ad dobs : insomuch that the Bishop of Ross, a subtle and observing man, said of him, that he could fasten... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 pages
...a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own courses, and not...observing man, said of him, that he could fasten no words apon him, and that it was impossible to come within him, because he offered no play : and the queen-mother... | |
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Bacon to be a man plain, direct, and constant, without all finesse and doubleness ; and one that was of the mind that a man in his private proceedings and estate, and in the proceedings of state, should rest upon the soundness and strength of his own... 
