The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Parry & McMillan, 1854 |
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Page viii
... spirit and sweet content do I think of the constant kindness of my many , many friends ! And now , for the last time , I use the words of Lord Bacon : " Being at some pause , looking back into that I have passed through , this writing ...
... spirit and sweet content do I think of the constant kindness of my many , many friends ! And now , for the last time , I use the words of Lord Bacon : " Being at some pause , looking back into that I have passed through , this writing ...
Page x
... spirit . All bodies have a spirit . Flight . Death . Importance of science of animal spirit . Bacon's works after his retirement . Gondomar . D'Effiat . Sir Julius Cæsar . Selden . Ben Jonson . Meautys . Bacon's pardon . Death of James ...
... spirit . All bodies have a spirit . Flight . Death . Importance of science of animal spirit . Bacon's works after his retirement . Gondomar . D'Effiat . Sir Julius Cæsar . Selden . Ben Jonson . Meautys . Bacon's pardon . Death of James ...
Page xiii
... Spirit .... ...... 309 Thoughts on the nature of things ........ 406 The Theory of the Firmament .. 416 310 Thoughts and Observations concerning the Metis , or Counsel . The Sirens , or Pleasures . 312 Interpretation of Nature ...
... Spirit .... ...... 309 Thoughts on the nature of things ........ 406 The Theory of the Firmament .. 416 310 Thoughts and Observations concerning the Metis , or Counsel . The Sirens , or Pleasures . 312 Interpretation of Nature ...
Page xxv
... spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en- deavoured to burst his bonds , and escape from law and politics , from ...
... spirit of improve- ment , ever in the train of knowledge , ill suited him for the trammels in which he was expected to move . Through the whole of his life he en- deavoured to burst his bonds , and escape from law and politics , from ...
Page xxxi
... spirit like her own , lessened the distance between them , and completed the ascendency which he gained over her affections ; a ascend- ency which , even if the queen had not been sur- rounded by his rivals and enemies , could not but ...
... spirit like her own , lessened the distance between them , and completed the ascendency which he gained over her affections ; a ascend- ency which , even if the queen had not been sur- rounded by his rivals and enemies , could not but ...
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