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 xix
... according to Ba- con's opinion , is the only test of the purity of our motives for acquiring knowledge and of the value of knowledge when acquired ; “ Men , " he says , " have entered into a desire of knowledge some- times from a ...
... according to Ba- con's opinion , is the only test of the purity of our motives for acquiring knowledge and of the value of knowledge when acquired ; “ Men , " he says , " have entered into a desire of knowledge some- times from a ...
Page xxvi
... according to the custom of the times , he accom- panied by a present of a jewel . When the queen , with the usual property of royalty , not to forget , mentioned his speech in parliament which yet rankled in her mind , and with an ...
... according to the custom of the times , he accom- panied by a present of a jewel . When the queen , with the usual property of royalty , not to forget , mentioned his speech in parliament which yet rankled in her mind , and with an ...
Page xxvii
... according to his own words ; I always alter when I add , so that nothing is finished till all his finished , " and they are adorned by happy and familiar illustration , as in the essay of Wisdom for a Man's self , " which concludes in ...
... according to his own words ; I always alter when I add , so that nothing is finished till all his finished , " and they are adorned by happy and familiar illustration , as in the essay of Wisdom for a Man's self , " which concludes in ...
Page xxxv
... according to that memorable speech of Pom- because it is unable to look about it ; but power peius Magnus , when being in commission of pur- to advance science and promote merit , according veyance for a famine at Rome , and being ...
... according to that memorable speech of Pom- because it is unable to look about it ; but power peius Magnus , when being in commission of pur- to advance science and promote merit , according veyance for a famine at Rome , and being ...
Page xxxvii
... according to his own earnest desire , to remove that cup from him , for those are my lord's own words , and doth now suffer his cause to be heard inter privatos parietes , by way of merey and favour only , where no man- ner of ...
... according to his own earnest desire , to remove that cup from him , for those are my lord's own words , and doth now suffer his cause to be heard inter privatos parietes , by way of merey and favour only , where no man- ner of ...
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