The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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... Error of judging of past by pre- sent times . Presents made by men of emi- nence . Presents of furniture . Presents customary . No influence on judgment . Particular charges . Fears of the king and Buckingham . Advice of Williams ...
... Error of judging of past by pre- sent times . Presents made by men of emi- nence . Presents of furniture . Presents customary . No influence on judgment . Particular charges . Fears of the king and Buckingham . Advice of Williams ...
Page xxv
... error , he immediately acknow- ledged that his suspicions were unfounded . He still , however , maintained that there had been treachery somewhere , and that a word the queen had used against him had been put into her mouth by Sir ...
... error , he immediately acknow- ledged that his suspicions were unfounded . He still , however , maintained that there had been treachery somewhere , and that a word the queen had used against him had been put into her mouth by Sir ...
Page xxix
... error , and unwar - ber . ranted and abusive experience have been so strong , as they were not able to keep a right course ac- cording to the law . Herein , though I could not be ignorant either of the difficulty of the matter , which ...
... error , and unwar - ber . ranted and abusive experience have been so strong , as they were not able to keep a right course ac- cording to the law . Herein , though I could not be ignorant either of the difficulty of the matter , which ...
Page xli
... error of it : the manner of these physicians , and especially these empirics , is to continue one kind of medicine , which at the first is proper , being to draw out the ill humour ; but after , they have not the dis- cretion to change ...
... error of it : the manner of these physicians , and especially these empirics , is to continue one kind of medicine , which at the first is proper , being to draw out the ill humour ; but after , they have not the dis- cretion to change ...
Page xliii
... error ; excusing him to his royal mis- tress when the warning had proved fruitless ; hoping all things , enduring all things ; but the time seemed fast approaching , when , urged by his own wild passions , and the ruffian crew that ...
... error ; excusing him to his royal mis- tress when the warning had proved fruitless ; hoping all things , enduring all things ; but the time seemed fast approaching , when , urged by his own wild passions , and the ruffian crew that ...
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