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 xviii
... kind of juggler , that had a pair of cards , and would tell a man that it was a mistaking in me ; for , said he , it was not the what card he thought . This pretended learned man told me , knowledge of man's thought , ( for that is ...
... kind of juggler , that had a pair of cards , and would tell a man that it was a mistaking in me ; for , said he , it was not the what card he thought . This pretended learned man told me , knowledge of man's thought , ( for that is ...
Page xxx
... kind of necessity and author- ity ; and I well remember , when by violent courses at any time he had got his will , he would ask me : Now , sir , whose principles be true ? And I would again say to him : My lord , these courses be like ...
... kind of necessity and author- ity ; and I well remember , when by violent courses at any time he had got his will , he would ask me : Now , sir , whose principles be true ? And I would again say to him : My lord , these courses be like ...
Page xxxi
... kind of temptation to make him prove cumbersome and unruly . And therefore if you would imponere bonam clausulam , and send for him , and satisfy him with honour near you , if your affairs , which ( as I have said ) I am not acquainted ...
... kind of temptation to make him prove cumbersome and unruly . And therefore if you would imponere bonam clausulam , and send for him , and satisfy him with honour near you , if your affairs , which ( as I have said ) I am not acquainted ...
Page xxxii
... kind of compliments are many times " instar magnorum meritorum ; " and there- fore that it would be hard for me to find you , I have committed to this poor paper the humble salutations of him that is more yours than any man's , and more ...
... kind of compliments are many times " instar magnorum meritorum ; " and there- fore that it would be hard for me to find you , I have committed to this poor paper the humble salutations of him that is more yours than any man's , and more ...
Page xli
... kind the particulars were exceeding many ; whereof , for an example , I will remember to your lordship one or two . As at one time , I call to mind , her majesty was speaking of a fellow that undertook to cure , or at least to ease my ...
... kind the particulars were exceeding many ; whereof , for an example , I will remember to your lordship one or two . As at one time , I call to mind , her majesty was speaking of a fellow that undertook to cure , or at least to ease my ...
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