Francis Bacon Flashcards

1
Q

Bacon’s title

A

father of english essays

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

what type of essays are bacon’s

A

persuasive

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

what honor did bacon receive

A

Knighted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

bacon was a ____ man

A

renaissance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what king and queen did bacon live under

A

elizabeth and james

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

why was bacon dishonored

A

admitted to accepting bribes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

3 purposes of , of studies

A

delight, ornament, ability

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

delight means

A

privateness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

ornament means

A

make yourself look good

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

ability means

A

dispense your business well

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

short witty saying

A

aphorism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

crafty men ___- studies

A

contemn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

wise men ____ studies

A

use

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

simple men _____ studies

A

admire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

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

A

contradict, believe , grandted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

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

A

tasted

19
Q

pride and prejudice is a book to be

A

swallowed

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
Q

who should have children,

A

people who care for the future, teachers

26
Q

selfish, thoughts to one self

A

single people

27
Q

but the most ordinary cause of single life is ____

A

liberty

28
Q

unmarried people are the best ____ ___ and ____

A

friends, masters, and servants

29
Q

unmarried people are not the best ___

A

subjects because they are most likely to run away

30
Q

single life doth well with _____

A

churchmen

31
Q

generals put men in the mind in place of woman and children in who

A

soldiers

32
Q

who should be married

A

soldiers

33
Q

cruel ____ should be single

A

inquisitors

34
Q

wives are young men’s ___, middle aged men’s ____ and old people’s ______

A

misstresses’
companions
nurses