Book, Chapter

 1    Int       |         fruitful knowledge, in a little Latin tract, which he called “
 2    Int       |        of his Essays. That was a little book containing only ten
 3      1, I    |      point, it deserveth to be a little stood upon, and not to be
 4      1, I    | conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge
 5      1, III  |        men usually to begin with little, and not to grow rich so
 6      1, III  |      amongst you, and you become little amongst the Grecians; but
 7      1, III  |      policy which are to seek in little and punctual occasions.
 8      1, III  |          of great persons, being little better than solemn parasites,
 9      1, III  |         needs have him carry her little dog, which he doing officiously
10      1, IV   |        and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature
11      1, V    |        sought truth in their own little worlds, and not in the great
12      1, VII  |      perfectly contented with so little, he said to those that mocked
13      1, VIII |         be upon fideliter; for a little superficial learning doth
14      1, VIII |      empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh
15      2, Int  |         merely extemporal, where little is left to memory. Whereas
16      2, Int  |         which I note ascendeth a little higher than the precedent.
17      2, II   |         that these times have so little esteemed the virtues of
18      2, II   |     every man’s life there was a little medal containing the person’
19      2, II   |       carry them in their beak a little while, and then let them
20      2, II   |        degrees, so it doth not a little imbase the authority of
21      2, VII  |        affectionate to recede as little from antiquity, either in
22      2, VII  | knowledge. And herein I cannot a little marvel at the philosopher
23      2, X    |        we have said, ascending a little higher: the ancient opinion
24      2, X    |       courses begotten between a little occasion and a great deal
25      2, XIII |     Egyptians’ gods; there being little left to the faculty of reason,
26      2, XVI  |          and ostentation, and to little other purpose. But let those,
27      2, XVII | controversy, there is many times little inquiry. For this part of
28      2, XVII |        disjointed, would come to little. Secondly, methods are more
29      2, XVII |        go about to besiege every little fort or hold. For if the
30      2, XVIII| controversy, there is many times little inquiry. For this part of
31      2, XVIII|        disjointed, would come to little. Secondly, methods are more
32      2, XVIII|        go about to besiege every little fort or hold. For if the
33      2, XX   |          rest, they had stayed a little longer upon the inquiry
34      2, XXII |       deny not but are touched a little by Aristotle as in passage
35      2, XXII |          and derided), are of so little effect towards honesty of
36      2, XXII |          divinam virtutem; and a little after, Nam ut ferae neque
37      2, XXIII|        proof, because women have little discerning of virtue, but
38      2, XXIII|          a man be pleased with a little, let him hear what is truly
39      2, XXIII|        and dexterously, but plot little; some can urge and pursue
40      2, XXIII|        diligence in a plain way, little intermeddling, and keeping
41      2, XXIII|    fortune, to cool themselves a little with that conceit which
42      2, XXIII|         as the stars, which give little light because they are so
43      2, XXIII|        proof, because women have little discerning of virtue, but
44      2, XXIII|          a man be pleased with a little, let him hear what is truly
45      2, XXIII|        and dexterously, but plot little; some can urge and pursue
46      2, XXIII|        diligence in a plain way, little intermeddling, and keeping
47      2, XXIII|    fortune, to cool themselves a little with that conceit which
48      2, XXIII|         as the stars, which give little light because they are so