Francis Bacon Flashcards

1
Q

Bacon’s title

A

father of english essays

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2
Q

what type of essays are bacon’s

A

persuasive

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3
Q

what honor did bacon receive

A

Knighted

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4
Q

bacon was a ____ man

A

renaissance

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5
Q

what king and queen did bacon live under

A

elizabeth and james

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6
Q

why was bacon dishonored

A

admitted to accepting bribes

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7
Q

3 purposes of , of studies

A

delight, ornament, ability

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8
Q

delight means

A

privateness

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9
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ornament means

A

make yourself look good

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10
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ability means

A

dispense your business well

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11
Q

short witty saying

A

aphorism

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12
Q

crafty men ___- studies

A

contemn

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13
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wise men ____ studies

A

use

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14
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simple men _____ studies

A

admire

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15
Q

dont read to ______ , just to ______ , or take for _____

A

contradict, believe , grandted

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16
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but read to ____ and _____

A

weigh and consider

17
Q

some book are to be _____ some to be _____ and very few to be ______ and _____

A

tasted
swallowed
chewed and digested

18
Q

huckleberry fin is a book to be

19
Q

pride and prejudice is a book to be

20
Q

heart of darkness is a book to be

A

chewed and digested

21
Q

reading maketh a ______, writing maketh a _____ man

A

full

exact

22
Q

what brings you back from wandering writ

A

mathematics

23
Q

fortune is ______ with wife and fortune.

which means marrying with family is what period

A

hostage

victorian

24
Q

best works come from _____ and ___- men

A

umarried

childless

25
who should have children,
people who care for the future, teachers
26
selfish, thoughts to one self
single people
27
but the most ordinary cause of single life is ____
liberty
28
unmarried people are the best ____ ___ and ____
friends, masters, and servants
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unmarried people are not the best ___
subjects because they are most likely to run away
30
single life doth well with _____
churchmen
31
generals put men in the mind in place of woman and children in who
soldiers
32
who should be married
soldiers
33
cruel ____ should be single
inquisitors
34
wives are young men's ___, middle aged men's ____ and old people's ______
misstresses' companions nurses