The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page ix
... speech recommends improvement of the law . Justitia Universalis . Speech as to the subsidies , which offends the Queen . His dignified conduct . Ben Jonson's description of him as a speaker . Exertions to be Soli- citor General ...
... speech recommends improvement of the law . Justitia Universalis . Speech as to the subsidies , which offends the Queen . His dignified conduct . Ben Jonson's description of him as a speaker . Exertions to be Soli- citor General ...
Page x
... speech . Letter to the Lords . Let- ter to the king . Sentence . His silence .. Letter from the tower . Letter to the king Lambeth library . His will . Silence of friends . Tennison . Bushel . Williams , Lord Keeper ... CHAPTER IV ...
... speech . Letter to the Lords . Let- ter to the king . Sentence . His silence .. Letter from the tower . Letter to the king Lambeth library . His will . Silence of friends . Tennison . Bushel . Williams , Lord Keeper ... CHAPTER IV ...
Page xii
... speech 213 learned men ..... 166 . Method of speech . 214 Distempers of learning 169 Peccant humours of learning 172 Advantages of learning The illustration of speech ... 215 218 Divine proofs 174 The image of good ... 219 ..... Human ...
... speech 213 learned men ..... 166 . Method of speech . 214 Distempers of learning 169 Peccant humours of learning 172 Advantages of learning The illustration of speech ... 215 218 Divine proofs 174 The image of good ... 219 ..... Human ...
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... speech , earnestly recom- mended the improvement of the law , an improve- ment which through life he availed himself of every opportunity to encourage , not only by his speeches , but by his works ; in which he admonishes law- yers ...
... speech , earnestly recom- mended the improvement of the law , an improve- ment which through life he availed himself of every opportunity to encourage , not only by his speeches , but by his works ; in which he admonishes law- yers ...
Page xxv
... speech but consisted of its own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke , and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion . No man had their affections more in his power ...
... speech but consisted of its own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke , and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion . No man had their affections more in his power ...
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