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 viii
... seemeth to me , ' si nunquam fallit imago , ' as far as a man can judge of his own work , not much better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear , but yet ...
... seemeth to me , ' si nunquam fallit imago , ' as far as a man can judge of his own work , not much better than the noise or sound which musicians make while they are tuning their instruments , which is nothing pleasant to hear , but yet ...
Page xxi
... we will annex another invention , which , in truth , we de vised in our youth , when we were at Paris : and is a thing that yet seemeth to us not worthy to be lost . It containeth While , in this year , the Earl of Essex LIFE OF BACON .
... we will annex another invention , which , in truth , we de vised in our youth , when we were at Paris : and is a thing that yet seemeth to us not worthy to be lost . It containeth While , in this year , the Earl of Essex LIFE OF BACON .
Page li
... seemeth to me no less excellent than the work itself ; for if both laws shall be united , it is of ne- cessity for preparation and inducement thereunto , that our own laws be reviewed and recompiled ; than the which , I think , there ...
... seemeth to me no less excellent than the work itself ; for if both laws shall be united , it is of ne- cessity for preparation and inducement thereunto , that our own laws be reviewed and recompiled ; than the which , I think , there ...
Page liv
... seemeth to me no better than to exhibit a fair image or statue , beautiful to behold , but without life or motion . " Having thus made a small globe of the intel- lectual world , he , looking at the work he had made , and hoping that it ...
... seemeth to me no better than to exhibit a fair image or statue , beautiful to behold , but without life or motion . " Having thus made a small globe of the intel- lectual world , he , looking at the work he had made , and hoping that it ...
Page lvi
... seemeth an abuse , drawn out of covetousness and sloth ; for that men should live of the flock that they do not feed , or His anxiety to assist in the improvement of the of the altar at which they do not serve , is a thing church ...
... seemeth an abuse , drawn out of covetousness and sloth ; for that men should live of the flock that they do not feed , or His anxiety to assist in the improvement of the of the altar at which they do not serve , is a thing church ...
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