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Of Travel by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the …
Tears, Idle Tears By Alfred Tennyson Stanza by stanza explanation and question – answers of the poem ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ Stanza – 1 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and …
Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness by Bertrand Russell Complete para by para explanation of the essay ‘Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness’ alongside the original text Text Everybody knows Well’s time machine, which enabled its possessor to travel back ward or forward in time, …
Of Revenge by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Explanation The urge to avenge the humiliations, injustices …
Of Adversity by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original IT WAS an high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things, which belong to prosperity, are to be wished; but the good things, that …
Of Followers and Friends by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original COSTLY followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter. Explanation As we live our lives, we come …
Of Expenses by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original RICHES are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions. Therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion; for voluntary undoing may be as well …
Of Love by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original THE stage is more beholding to love, than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies; but …
Of Discourse by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original 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 …
Of Delay by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Fortune is like the market; where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. And again, it is sometimes like Sibylla’s offer; which at first offereth …