The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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Page ix
... Essex's exertions . Fleming appointed . Essex gives him an estate at Twickenham . Returns to Twickenham . Invents barometer and other instruments . Resumes his professional la- bours . Employed by the Queen . Effort to secure a vacancy ...
... Essex's exertions . Fleming appointed . Essex gives him an estate at Twickenham . Returns to Twickenham . Invents barometer and other instruments . Resumes his professional la- bours . Employed by the Queen . Effort to secure a vacancy ...
Page xxi
... will annex another invention , which , in truth , we de vised in our youth , when we were at Paris : and is a thing that yet seemeth to us not worthy to be lost . It containeth While , in this year , the Earl of Essex LIFE OF BACON . xxi.
... will annex another invention , which , in truth , we de vised in our youth , when we were at Paris : and is a thing that yet seemeth to us not worthy to be lost . It containeth While , in this year , the Earl of Essex LIFE OF BACON . xxi.
Page xxiii
... Essex , says , " They sent for us of the learned council . " 1 The admission book at Gray's Inn begins in the year 1580 ; but the first four pages have been torn out . Bacon's name , however , appears in the list of members of the ...
... Essex , says , " They sent for us of the learned council . " 1 The admission book at Gray's Inn begins in the year 1580 ; but the first four pages have been torn out . Bacon's name , however , appears in the list of members of the ...
Page xxiv
... Essex . Generous , ardent , and highly cultivated , with all the romantic en- thusiasm of chivalry , and all the graces and accom - knights for Middlesex . On the 25th of February , plishments of a court , Essex was formed to gain ...
... Essex . Generous , ardent , and highly cultivated , with all the romantic en- thusiasm of chivalry , and all the graces and accom - knights for Middlesex . On the 25th of February , plishments of a court , Essex was formed to gain ...
Page xxv
... Essex , with all the zeal of his noble and ardent nature , endeavoured to influence the queen on be- half of his friend , by every power which he pos- sessed over her affections and her understanding ; availing himself of the most happy ...
... Essex , with all the zeal of his noble and ardent nature , endeavoured to influence the queen on be- half of his friend , by every power which he pos- sessed over her affections and her understanding ; availing himself of the most happy ...
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