Bacon makes a liberal use of quotions in his essay this essay which is very brief contain three quotions one from solomon another from cosimo de medici and the third from job thus two of these are biblical quotations and another is historical there are plenty of allusion in the essay of bacon there are historical allusion here to caesar pertibax and henery III of france besides cosimo de medici
- bacon is essay are full of illiustrations similes and metaphors men of ill-nature are here compared to the thorn and the briar which prick and scratch because they do no other cowardly persons who take revenge in a secret manner are compared to the arrow that flieth in the dark revengeful person are compared to witches who being mischievous meet a sad fate
-an extreme condensation of style often lead to obscurity but though written in an extremely condensed style this essay is completely free from obscurity bacon is meaning in every sentence of this essay is perfectly clear in deed bacon is style is here transparebtly simple and lucid Even the allusions historical and biblical to the bosoms the familiar kind
- the ideas of this essay are such as go straight to the bosoms and hearts of readers In fact we find in this essay a confirmation of the ideas that most people already have in their minds