The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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... according to the Fables of Cupid and Heaven ..... 435 CIVIL HISTORY . History of Henry VII . of Henry VIII . of Great Britain Topics of Inquiry concerning Light and the Matter of Light ...... 452 ... Francis Bacon's Aphorisms and ...
... according to the Fables of Cupid and Heaven ..... 435 CIVIL HISTORY . History of Henry VII . of Henry VIII . of Great Britain Topics of Inquiry concerning Light and the Matter of Light ...... 452 ... Francis Bacon's Aphorisms and ...
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... according to his friend , Ben Jonson , who thus speaks of his parliament- ary eloquence : " There happened in my time one noble speaker , who was full of gravity in his speaking : his language , where he could spare or pass by a jest ...
... according to his friend , Ben Jonson , who thus speaks of his parliament- ary eloquence : " There happened in my time one noble speaker , who was full of gravity in his speaking : his language , where he could spare or pass by a jest ...
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... according to the custom of the times , he accom- panied by a present of a jewel . When the queen , with the usual property of royalty , not to forget , mentioned his speech in parliament which yet rankled in her mind , and with an ...
... according to the custom of the times , he accom- panied by a present of a jewel . When the queen , with the usual property of royalty , not to forget , mentioned his speech in parliament which yet rankled in her mind , and with an ...
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... according to his own words ; I always alter when I add , so that nothing is finished till all his finished , " and they are adorned by happy and familiar illustration , as in the essay of " Wisdom for a Man's self , " which concludes in ...
... according to his own words ; I always alter when I add , so that nothing is finished till all his finished , " and they are adorned by happy and familiar illustration , as in the essay of " Wisdom for a Man's self , " which concludes in ...
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... according to his maxim and in the spirit of his own words " detur digniori . " " Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts , though God accept them , yet towards men are little better than good dreams ...
... according to his maxim and in the spirit of his own words " detur digniori . " " Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts , though God accept them , yet towards men are little better than good dreams ...
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