The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... saith , he had two decrees in the first lord chancellor's time , and yet are both cancelled by this lord chancel- lor in a preposterous manner : without cause ; without matter ; without any legal proceedings ; without precedent , upon ...
... saith , he had two decrees in the first lord chancellor's time , and yet are both cancelled by this lord chancel- lor in a preposterous manner : without cause ; without matter ; without any legal proceedings ; without precedent , upon ...
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... saith , that covetousness is the root of all evil . I hope also , that your lordships do the rather find me in the state of grace ; for that , in all these particulars , there are few or none that are not almost two years old , whereas ...
... saith , that covetousness is the root of all evil . I hope also , that your lordships do the rather find me in the state of grace ; for that , in all these particulars , there are few or none that are not almost two years old , whereas ...
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... saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ; ) and Verba Fidelia ( as the same Tremellius ) Faithful Sayings ; meaning , it ...
... saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ; ) and Verba Fidelia ( as the same Tremellius ) Faithful Sayings ; meaning , it ...
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... saith also of his Essays ) but as the Recreations of his other Studies . They were dictated one morning , out of his memory ; and if they seem to any , a birth too inconsiderable for the brain of so great a man ; they may think with ...
... saith also of his Essays ) but as the Recreations of his other Studies . They were dictated one morning , out of his memory ; and if they seem to any , a birth too inconsiderable for the brain of so great a man ; they may think with ...
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... saith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a ... saith prettily , when he inquired the reason , why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , well weighed , to ...
... saith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore , and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a ... saith prettily , when he inquired the reason , why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace , well weighed , to ...
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