The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page v
... heart stirred as by the sound of a trumpet ; " and assuredly this voice from the grave was not heard by me with less emotion . The words were cautiously selected , with the knowledge which he , above all men , possessed of their force ...
... heart stirred as by the sound of a trumpet ; " and assuredly this voice from the grave was not heard by me with less emotion . The words were cautiously selected , with the knowledge which he , above all men , possessed of their force ...
Page vi
... hearts shall be opened , I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart , in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice ; howsoever I may be frail , and partake of the abuses of the times . " 995 ...
... hearts shall be opened , I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart , in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice ; howsoever I may be frail , and partake of the abuses of the times . " 995 ...
Page vii
... heart , tender , affectionate , and forgiving , this , and more than this , I can say , after the trial of forty years , was my friend and instructor , Samuel Taylor Coleridge . I am now to quit forever a work upon which I have so long ...
... heart , tender , affectionate , and forgiving , this , and more than this , I can say , after the trial of forty years , was my friend and instructor , Samuel Taylor Coleridge . I am now to quit forever a work upon which I have so long ...
Page xxviii
... heart by the pleasures of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . " The essays were ...
... heart by the pleasures of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . " The essays were ...
Page xxix
... heart of the lady , who , they took no light from me . ” fortunately for Bacon , afterwards became the wife of his great rival , Sir Edward Coke . In this year he seems to have been in great pe- cuniary difficulties , which , however ...
... heart of the lady , who , they took no light from me . ” fortunately for Bacon , afterwards became the wife of his great rival , Sir Edward Coke . In this year he seems to have been in great pe- cuniary difficulties , which , however ...
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