 HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets, who build them with small cost....  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Pagina 222door Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1858 - 682 pagina’s
...at p. 139. under the title of "Venus and the Cat." See also L'Estrange's JEsop, p. 61. Fab. 61. III. "He that builds a fair House upon an ill Seat committeth himself to Prison. . . . Neither is it ill Air only that maketh an ill Seat ; but ill Ways, ill Markets j and, if you will consult with... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pagina’s
...Gases president of Peru; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. XLV. OF BUILDING. Houses are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore...uniformity, except where both may be had. Leave the goodlv fabrics of houses for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets, who build them with... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pagina’s
...Prefident of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewife amongft them ; with others. XLV. Of Building. OUSES are built to live in, and not to look on : Therefore let Ufe be preferred before Uniformity; except where both may be had. Leave the goodly Fabricks of Houfes,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pagina’s
...Femina, a woman ; as, feminine, effeminate. Fero, / carry ; as> transfer, translate, circumference. " Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...preferred before uniformity except where both may be had." — Bacon. Tfer tilis, fruitfut; as, fertile, fertility. Ferveo, I boil; as, fervid, fervent. Fidelia,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pagina’s
...since, the estate of many a man. THOMAS FULLEE, "Holy and Prtifitnt States," 1608-1661. OF BUILDING. Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...the poets, who build them with small cost. He that buildeth a fair house upon an ill scat, committeth himself to prison ; neither do I reckon it an ill... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pagina’s
...since, the estate of many a man. THOMAS FULLEE, "Holy and Profane Stiites," 1608-1601. OF BUILDING. Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...uniformity, except where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabries of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets, who build them with small... | |
 | Edward Lance Tarbuck - 1855 - 94 pagina’s
...wonderful success. It is a striking instance of carrying to the greatest extent Lord Bacon's remark, — " Let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had ;'" but even when uniformity might have been adhered to, it is often neglected for the sake of a picturesque... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pagina’s
...at. ' Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.' — John iii. ESSAY XLV. OF BUILDING. HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore,...small cost. He that builds a fair house upon an ill scat,3 committeth himself to prisou — neither do I reckon it an ill scat only where the air is unwholesome,... | |
 | 1856 - 482 pagina’s
...since, the estate of many a man. THOMAS FULLER, "1lohj and Profane States," 1608-1691. OF BUILDING. Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...the poets, who build them with small cost. He that buildeth a fair house upon an ill seat, committeth himself to prison ; neither do I reckon it an ill... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pagina’s
...Gasca president of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. XLV.— OF BUILDING. HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore,...let use be preferred before uniformity, except where botli may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of... | |
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