...the Creator and the reliefe of mans estate' Orageinthis: 'we .fee in Needleworks and Embroyderies, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. ]udg therefore of the pleasure of the Heart, by the pleasure of the Eye.' I assert of these passages...

...airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity...ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed...

...carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job that the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without...ground: judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed...

...carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job thun the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without...ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed,...

...the Creator and the reliefe of mans estate.' Orageinthis: 'Wf see in Needle'works and Embroyderies, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judg therefore of the pleasure of the Heart, by the pleasure of the Eye.' I assert of these passages...

...the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New. 693 Essays 'Of Adversity' w a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. 8636 Diary 694 Essays 'Of Adversity' Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue....

...afflictions of Job than the felicities6 of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;7 and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We...it is more pleasing to have a lively work* upon a sad8 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground: judge therefore...

...13 The New Public Company The early years as a listed company brought successes and disappointments Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. (Francis Bacon, Essay on Adversity (1625)) After the flotation things would never be quite the same...

...afflictions of Job than the felicities0 of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;0 and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We...embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work0 upon a sad0 and solemn ground,0 than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome0 ground:...

...prosperity destroy generosity." — Beecher "Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue." — "Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;...and adversity is not without comforts and hopes." — Sir Francis Bacon "A man who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity." — "In prosperity...