The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xi
... Fortune ..... APOPHTHEGMS ..... 107 41. Usury 42. Youth and Age 48 ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA ..... 127 43. Beauty .... 44. Deformity 48 49 COLLECTION OF SENTENCES ....... 129 NOTES FOR CONVERSATION Page Page The mind ..... 205 ESSAY CONTENTS ...
... Fortune ..... APOPHTHEGMS ..... 107 41. Usury 42. Youth and Age 48 ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA ..... 127 43. Beauty .... 44. Deformity 48 49 COLLECTION OF SENTENCES ....... 129 NOTES FOR CONVERSATION Page Page The mind ..... 205 ESSAY CONTENTS ...
Page xvii
... fortune not only to be born of " He who cannot contract his sight as well as dilate it , wanteth a great faculty ... fortunes ; when the nation had emerged from the dark superstitions of popery ; when peace , throughout all Europe ...
... fortune not only to be born of " He who cannot contract his sight as well as dilate it , wanteth a great faculty ... fortunes ; when the nation had emerged from the dark superstitions of popery ; when peace , throughout all Europe ...
Page xxviii
... fortune , whose wings they thought by their self- wisdom to have pinioned . " His own estimate of the value of this work is thus stated in his letter to the Bishop of Win- The Colours of Good and Evil , are ten in num- chester : " As ...
... fortune , whose wings they thought by their self- wisdom to have pinioned . " His own estimate of the value of this work is thus stated in his letter to the Bishop of Win- The Colours of Good and Evil , are ten in num- chester : " As ...
Page xxix
... fortune . " Essex , with his solve and undo many of the knots , which a great- wonted zeal , warmly advocated the cause of his er wit , distracted with many matters , would rather friend ; he wrote in the strongest terms to the cut in ...
... fortune . " Essex , with his solve and undo many of the knots , which a great- wonted zeal , warmly advocated the cause of his er wit , distracted with many matters , would rather friend ; he wrote in the strongest terms to the cut in ...
Page xxx
... fortune went on best . And yet in two main points we always directly and contradictorily differed , which I will mention to your lordship , because it giveth light to all that followed . The one was , I ever set this down , that the ...
... fortune went on best . And yet in two main points we always directly and contradictorily differed , which I will mention to your lordship , because it giveth light to all that followed . The one was , I ever set this down , that the ...
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