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 iii
... never have entered upon so considerable an undertaking without feeling that it was justified by the public sentiment , and , in fact , the demand of literary and scientific readers throughout the country . This illustrious author is now ...
... never have entered upon so considerable an undertaking without feeling that it was justified by the public sentiment , and , in fact , the demand of literary and scientific readers throughout the country . This illustrious author is now ...
Page iv
... never be superseded , can never cease to be read and admired . They are models of matter and style , mines of thought , fountains of intellect to which " other suns repair , and in their urns draw golden light . " This edition has been ...
... never be superseded , can never cease to be read and admired . They are models of matter and style , mines of thought , fountains of intellect to which " other suns repair , and in their urns draw golden light . " This edition has been ...
Page xxiii
... never been con- ferred upon any member of the profession . CHAPTER III . DISAPPOINTMENT AS SOLICITOR . 1590 to 1596 . was doomed to labour , and in which he after- FROM HIS ENTRANCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE TILL HIS wards was eminently ...
... never been con- ferred upon any member of the profession . CHAPTER III . DISAPPOINTMENT AS SOLICITOR . 1590 to 1596 . was doomed to labour , and in which he after- FROM HIS ENTRANCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE TILL HIS wards was eminently ...
Page xxvi
... never sought her but by her own desire , and that he would not wrong himself by doing it at that time , when it might be thought he did it for profit ; and that if her majesty found other and abler men , he should be glad there was such ...
... never sought her but by her own desire , and that he would not wrong himself by doing it at that time , when it might be thought he did it for profit ; and that if her majesty found other and abler men , he should be glad there was such ...
Page xxxiv
... never be ; for certainly , said I , it is now far too late , the matter is cold , and hath taken too much wind ; whereat she seemed again offended , and rose from me , and that resolution for a while continued ; and after , in the ...
... never be ; for certainly , said I , it is now far too late , the matter is cold , and hath taken too much wind ; whereat she seemed again offended , and rose from me , and that resolution for a while continued ; and after , in the ...
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