The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page vii
... motion , and conscience of the same is the accomplish- ment of man's rest ; for , if man can be a partaker of God's theatre , he will be a partaker of God's rest . " I please myself with the hope that I may induce some young man , who ...
... motion , and conscience of the same is the accomplish- ment of man's rest ; for , if man can be a partaker of God's theatre , he will be a partaker of God's rest . " I please myself with the hope that I may induce some young man , who ...
Page xxiii
... motion of mine own , and somewhat which effectual in my doings hereafter , than causeless by excusing stand affected ) rather to prove your lordship's admonition what is past . And yet ( with your lordship's pardon humbly asked ) it may ...
... motion of mine own , and somewhat which effectual in my doings hereafter , than causeless by excusing stand affected ) rather to prove your lordship's admonition what is past . And yet ( with your lordship's pardon humbly asked ) it may ...
Page liv
... motion . " Having thus made a small globe of the intel- lectual world , he , looking at the work he had made , and hoping that it was good , thus con- cludes : " And being now at some pause , looking back into that I have passed through ...
... motion . " Having thus made a small globe of the intel- lectual world , he , looking at the work he had made , and hoping that it was good , thus con- cludes : " And being now at some pause , looking back into that I have passed through ...
Page lvi
... motion of Sir Edward Coke from the office of attorney - general to the chief justiceship of the common pleas , occasioning a vacancy in the office of solicitor - general , which Bacon strenuously ex- erted himself to obtain , under the ...
... motion of Sir Edward Coke from the office of attorney - general to the chief justiceship of the common pleas , occasioning a vacancy in the office of solicitor - general , which Bacon strenuously ex- erted himself to obtain , under the ...
Page lxxviii
... motion is too slow , as in the hand of a clock or the growth of grass , or too rapid , as a bullet passing through the air . 6th . From the percussion of the body being too powerful for the sense , as in looking at the midday sun ...
... motion is too slow , as in the hand of a clock or the growth of grass , or too rapid , as a bullet passing through the air . 6th . From the percussion of the body being too powerful for the sense , as in looking at the midday sun ...
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