The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon atheists and profane persons do hear of so many the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sen- discordant and contrary opinions in religion , it tence , " Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ...
... Vespasian in a jest , sitting upon atheists and profane persons do hear of so many the stool , " Ut puto Deus fio : " Galba with a sen- discordant and contrary opinions in religion , it tence , " Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ...
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... Vespasian to take arms against Vitellius , he saith , " We rise not against the pierc- ing judgment of Augustus , nor the extreme cau- tion or closeness of Tiberius : " these properties . of arts or policy , and dissimulation or ...
... Vespasian to take arms against Vitellius , he saith , " We rise not against the pierc- ing judgment of Augustus , nor the extreme cau- tion or closeness of Tiberius : " these properties . of arts or policy , and dissimulation or ...
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... Vespasian he saith , " solus imperantium , Ves- pasianus mutatus in melius ; " though the one was meant of sufficiency , the other of manners and affection . It is an assured sign of a worthy and generous spirit , whom honour amends ...
... Vespasian he saith , " solus imperantium , Ves- pasianus mutatus in melius ; " though the one was meant of sufficiency , the other of manners and affection . It is an assured sign of a worthy and generous spirit , whom honour amends ...
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... Vespasian is full of excellent instruction . Vespasian asked him , what was Nero's overthrow ? he answered , Nero could touch and tune the harp well , but in government sometimes he used to wind the pins too high , sometimes to let them ...
... Vespasian is full of excellent instruction . Vespasian asked him , what was Nero's overthrow ? he answered , Nero could touch and tune the harp well , but in government sometimes he used to wind the pins too high , sometimes to let them ...
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... Vespasian's time there went a prophe- cy in the East , that those that should come forth out of Judea , should reign over the world ; which though it may be was meant of our Saviour , yet Tacitus expounds it of Vespasian . Domitian ...
... Vespasian's time there went a prophe- cy in the East , that those that should come forth out of Judea , should reign over the world ; which though it may be was meant of our Saviour , yet Tacitus expounds it of Vespasian . Domitian ...
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