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
... mind to walk up and down , with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or command- ing ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the ...
... mind to walk up and down , with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or command- ing ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the ...
Page xxii
... mind . With the hope , therefore , that , under the protection of his political friends , and the queen's remembrance of his father , and notice of him when a child , he might escape from the mental slavery of delving in this laborious ...
... mind . With the hope , therefore , that , under the protection of his political friends , and the queen's remembrance of his father , and notice of him when a child , he might escape from the mental slavery of delving in this laborious ...
Page xxv
... mind from whom I am descend- ed , and by whom , next to God , her majesty , and your own virtue , your lordship is ascended , I know you will have a compunction of mind to do me any wrong . ' relax in his parliamentary exertions , or ...
... mind from whom I am descend- ed , and by whom , next to God , her majesty , and your own virtue , your lordship is ascended , I know you will have a compunction of mind to do me any wrong . ' relax in his parliamentary exertions , or ...
Page xxvi
... mind turned upon other wheels than those of profit ; that he sought no great mat - him a mean and dependence ; " but he did not rest ter , but a place in his profession , often given to younger men ; that he had never sought her but by ...
... mind turned upon other wheels than those of profit ; that he sought no great mat - him a mean and dependence ; " but he did not rest ter , but a place in his profession , often given to younger men ; that he had never sought her but by ...
Page xxxiv
... mind when he heard this observation ! He knew enough of the common charities of courts to suspect every thing . He knew that the queen looked with great jealousy and distrust at his having " crossed her disposition " by his steady ...
... mind when he heard this observation ! He knew enough of the common charities of courts to suspect every thing . He knew that the queen looked with great jealousy and distrust at his having " crossed her disposition " by his steady ...
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