The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page xx
... princes find a soli- tude in regard of able men to serve them in causes of state . " ence , that the spring should not be poisoned or polluted , was ever present to his mind , —and , in the decline of his life , he prepared the plan of ...
... princes find a soli- tude in regard of able men to serve them in causes of state . " ence , that the spring should not be poisoned or polluted , was ever present to his mind , —and , in the decline of his life , he prepared the plan of ...
Page xlv
... princess that , if Plutarch were now alive to write lives by parallels , would trouble him , I think , to find for ... princes ; whether we speak of learning , lan- guage , or of science , modern or ancient , divinity or humanity : and ...
... princess that , if Plutarch were now alive to write lives by parallels , would trouble him , I think , to find for ... princes ; whether we speak of learning , lan- guage , or of science , modern or ancient , divinity or humanity : and ...
Page lii
... princes , or we must seek to please and content them ; " Solon answered , " Either we must not come to princes at all , or we must speak truly , and counsel them for the best . " He must have forgotten his own doctrine , that books ...
... princes , or we must seek to please and content them ; " Solon answered , " Either we must not come to princes at all , or we must speak truly , and counsel them for the best . " He must have forgotten his own doctrine , that books ...
Page lxxiii
... princes , magistrates , year 1606. He immediately examined the pro- and judges , to hear the causes of the people . It ceedings , and , having ordered the attendance of is fitting , therefore , to protect them from the slan- the parties ...
... princes , magistrates , year 1606. He immediately examined the pro- and judges , to hear the causes of the people . It ceedings , and , having ordered the attendance of is fitting , therefore , to protect them from the slan- the parties ...
Page cvii
... princes is commonly more sad and besieged with melan - worth , sent his officers , vultures with a quick sight choly ; but of knowledge there is no satiety , but vicissitude , perpetually and interchangeably returning of fruition and ap ...
... princes is commonly more sad and besieged with melan - worth , sent his officers , vultures with a quick sight choly ; but of knowledge there is no satiety , but vicissitude , perpetually and interchangeably returning of fruition and ap ...
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