The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... Pompey , are sui amantes sine rivali , are many times unfortunate . And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they thought by ...
... Pompey , are sui amantes sine rivali , are many times unfortunate . And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they thought by ...
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... Pompey ) are , " sui amantes , sine rivali , " are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their times sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they ...
... Pompey ) are , " sui amantes , sine rivali , " are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their times sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they ...
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... Pompey ( after surnamed the Great ) to that height , that Pompey vaunted himself for Sylla's over- match ; for when he had carried the consulship | master , Lewis the Eleventh , whose closeness was for a friend of his , against the ...
... Pompey ( after surnamed the Great ) to that height , that Pompey vaunted himself for Sylla's over- match ; for when he had carried the consulship | master , Lewis the Eleventh , whose closeness was for a friend of his , against the ...
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... Pompey had tired out Cæsar , if upon vain confidence he had not left that way . We see the great effects of battles by sea : the battle of Actium decided the empire of the world ; the battle of Lepanto arrested the greatness of the Turk ...
... Pompey had tired out Cæsar , if upon vain confidence he had not left that way . We see the great effects of battles by sea : the battle of Actium decided the empire of the world ; the battle of Lepanto arrested the greatness of the Turk ...
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... Pompey well , who , when he saw his stately galleries and rooms so large and lightsome , in one of his houses , said , " Surely an excellent place for summer , but how do you in winter ? " Lucullus answered , " Why do you not think me ...
... Pompey well , who , when he saw his stately galleries and rooms so large and lightsome , in one of his houses , said , " Surely an excellent place for summer , but how do you in winter ? " Lucullus answered , " Why do you not think me ...
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