The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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... Observations concerning the Metis , or Counsel . The Sirens , or Pleasures . 312 Interpretation of Nature ...... 422 312 Of the Principles and Origins of Nature , according to the Fables of Cupid and Heaven ..... 435 CIVIL HISTORY ...
... Observations concerning the Metis , or Counsel . The Sirens , or Pleasures . 312 Interpretation of Nature ...... 422 312 Of the Principles and Origins of Nature , according to the Fables of Cupid and Heaven ..... 435 CIVIL HISTORY ...
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... observation , that they which live as it were ings , " in which at intervals he resided till his death . When he was only twenty - six years of age , he was promoted to the bench ; in his twenty - eighth year he was elected lent reader ...
... observation , that they which live as it were ings , " in which at intervals he resided till his death . When he was only twenty - six years of age , he was promoted to the bench ; in his twenty - eighth year he was elected lent reader ...
Page xxix
... observation of the same nature by a celebrated professor in another department of science , Sir John Hawkins , who , in his History of Music , says , " Lord Bacon , in his Natural History , has given a great variety of experiments ...
... observation of the same nature by a celebrated professor in another department of science , Sir John Hawkins , who , in his History of Music , says , " Lord Bacon , in his Natural History , has given a great variety of experiments ...
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... observation ! He knew enough of the common charities of courts to suspect every thing . He knew that the queen looked with great jealousy and distrust at his having " crossed her disposition " by his steady friendship for Essex . He saw ...
... observation ! He knew enough of the common charities of courts to suspect every thing . He knew that the queen looked with great jealousy and distrust at his having " crossed her disposition " by his steady friendship for Essex . He saw ...
Page xxxvii
... observe that he brought to this semblance of a trial only the shadow of a speech ; and that under the flimsy veil of an accuser there may easily be detected the face of a friend . In answer to these charges , Essex , on his knees ...
... observe that he brought to this semblance of a trial only the shadow of a speech ; and that under the flimsy veil of an accuser there may easily be detected the face of a friend . In answer to these charges , Essex , on his knees ...
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