The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xvii
... asking him , when a child , how old he was , he answered , " two years younger than your majesty's happy reign . " higher nature . When a boy , while his compa- But there were dawnings of genius of a much nions were diverting themselves ...
... asking him , when a child , how old he was , he answered , " two years younger than your majesty's happy reign . " higher nature . When a boy , while his compa- But there were dawnings of genius of a much nions were diverting themselves ...
Page xviii
... asked me a question or two , which I thought he did but cunningly , knowing before what used to be the feats of the juggler . Sir , said he , do you remember whether he told the card the man thought himself , or bade another to tell it ...
... asked me a question or two , which I thought he did but cunningly , knowing before what used to be the feats of the juggler . Sir , said he , do you remember whether he told the card the man thought himself , or bade another to tell it ...
Page xxiii
... asked ) it may please you to remember , that I did endeavour to set forth that said motion in such sort as it might breed no harder effect than a denial . And I protest simply before God , that I sought therein an ease in coming within ...
... asked ) it may please you to remember , that I did endeavour to set forth that said motion in such sort as it might breed no harder effect than a denial . And I protest simply before God , that I sought therein an ease in coming within ...
Page xxviii
... asked , " what have I said amiss ? " although popular judgment was not likely to mis- lead him who concludes his observations upon the objections to learning and the advantages of knowledge , by saying , " Nevertheless , I do not 1 ...
... asked , " what have I said amiss ? " although popular judgment was not likely to mis- lead him who concludes his observations upon the objections to learning and the advantages of knowledge , by saying , " Nevertheless , I do not 1 ...
Page xxxii
... asked mine opinion of the course that was taken with him ; I told him : My lord , nubecula est , cito tran- sibit : it is but a mist ; but shall I tell your lord- 1 See Sydney Papers . Michaelmas day at noon , ( vol . ii . p . 123 ...
... asked mine opinion of the course that was taken with him ; I told him : My lord , nubecula est , cito tran- sibit : it is but a mist ; but shall I tell your lord- 1 See Sydney Papers . Michaelmas day at noon , ( vol . ii . p . 123 ...
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