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 xvii
... majesty's happy reign . " But there were dawnings of genius of a much higher nature . When a boy , while his compa- nions were diverting themselves near to his fa- ther's house in St. James's Park , he stole to the brick conduit to ...
... majesty's happy reign . " But there were dawnings of genius of a much higher nature . When a boy , while his compa- nions were diverting themselves near to his fa- ther's house in St. James's Park , he stole to the brick conduit to ...
Page xxii
... majesty , and withal to add , by speech ; which is , that although it must be confessed that the request is rare and unaccustomed , yet if it be observed hu - laws , either being well left or friended , or at their own free how few ...
... majesty , and withal to add , by speech ; which is , that although it must be confessed that the request is rare and unaccustomed , yet if it be observed hu - laws , either being well left or friended , or at their own free how few ...
Page xxiii
... majesty , as he had been to Queen Elizabeth . " Extract from Biographia Britannica , vol . i . page 373. - He distinguished himself no less in his practice , which was very considerable ; and after discharging the office of reader at ...
... majesty , as he had been to Queen Elizabeth . " Extract from Biographia Britannica , vol . i . page 373. - He distinguished himself no less in his practice , which was very considerable ; and after discharging the office of reader at ...
Page xxvi
... majesty , for the honest exercise of his duty in parliament . Apolo- gizing for his boldness and plainness , he told the queen , " that his mind turned upon other wheels than those of profit ; that he sought no great mat - him a mean ...
... majesty , for the honest exercise of his duty in parliament . Apolo- gizing for his boldness and plainness , he told the queen , " that his mind turned upon other wheels than those of profit ; that he sought no great mat - him a mean ...
Page xxxiii
... majesty propounded unto me , I was utterly against it , and told her plainly that the people would say , that my lord was wounded upon his back , and that justice had her balance taken from her , which ever consisted of an accusation ...
... majesty propounded unto me , I was utterly against it , and told her plainly that the people would say , that my lord was wounded upon his back , and that justice had her balance taken from her , which ever consisted of an accusation ...
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