The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... Fortune 46 APOPHTHEGMS 107 41. Usury 47 42. Youth and Age 43. Beauty ..... 48 44. Deformity 48 ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA 49 COLLECTION OF SENTENCES ........ 129 ...... 127 NOTES FOR CONVERSATION Page Page The mind ..... 205 ESSAY CONTENTS . xi.
... Fortune 46 APOPHTHEGMS 107 41. Usury 47 42. Youth and Age 43. Beauty ..... 48 44. Deformity 48 ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA 49 COLLECTION OF SENTENCES ........ 129 ...... 127 NOTES FOR CONVERSATION Page Page The mind ..... 205 ESSAY CONTENTS . xi.
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... fortune not only to be born of 1 " He who cannot contract his sight as well as dilate it , wanteth a great faculty ... fortunes ; when the nation had emerged from the dark superstitions of popery ; when peace , throughout all Europe ...
... fortune not only to be born of 1 " He who cannot contract his sight as well as dilate it , wanteth a great faculty ... fortunes ; when the nation had emerged from the dark superstitions of popery ; when peace , throughout all Europe ...
Page xix
... fortune . For the studies of men in such places are confined , and pinned down to I remember in Trinity College in Cambridge , there was an upper chamber , which being thought weak in the roof of it , was supported by a pillar of iron ...
... fortune . For the studies of men in such places are confined , and pinned down to I remember in Trinity College in Cambridge , there was an upper chamber , which being thought weak in the roof of it , was supported by a pillar of iron ...
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... fortune . My answer , I remember , was that for my fortune it was no great matter ; but that his lordship's offer ( which was of a piece of land worth about £ 1800 ) made me call to mind what was wont to be said when I was in France of ...
... fortune . My answer , I remember , was that for my fortune it was no great matter ; but that his lordship's offer ( which was of a piece of land worth about £ 1800 ) made me call to mind what was wont to be said when I was in France of ...
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... fortunes : which my intention , I did also sig- forth unto her majesty my lord's mind to be such , nify to my lord as ... fortune : I know well you cannot but think that you have drawn the humour sufficiently ; and therefore it were more ...
... fortunes : which my intention , I did also sig- forth unto her majesty my lord's mind to be such , nify to my lord as ... fortune : I know well you cannot but think that you have drawn the humour sufficiently ; and therefore it were more ...
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