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
... sometimes for ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction , and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason , for the benefit and ...
... sometimes for ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction , and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason , for the benefit and ...
Page xxxii
... sometime that I may attend you , I commit you to God's best preservation . And his advice is thus stated by Bacon ... sometimes , as if he thought I was in the wrong ; but sure I am , he did just contrary in every one of these three ...
... sometime that I may attend you , I commit you to God's best preservation . And his advice is thus stated by Bacon ... sometimes , as if he thought I was in the wrong ; but sure I am , he did just contrary in every one of these three ...
Page lxi
... sometimes might make ture , sanctioned by the law , which was founded a suit to be spared for their opinion till they had upon the erroneous principle that men will speak spoken with their brethren ; but if the king upon truth , when ...
... sometimes might make ture , sanctioned by the law , which was founded a suit to be spared for their opinion till they had upon the erroneous principle that men will speak spoken with their brethren ; but if the king upon truth , when ...
Page lxvii
... sometimes va- ried by the taste of the donors . As a matter of curiosity , it may be noticed , that Sir Francis Bacon gave to the queen " one pettycoat of white sattin , embrodered all over like feathers and bil- lets , with three broad ...
... sometimes va- ried by the taste of the donors . As a matter of curiosity , it may be noticed , that Sir Francis Bacon gave to the queen " one pettycoat of white sattin , embrodered all over like feathers and bil- lets , with three broad ...
Page lxxi
... sometimes helped it as far as was fit for a judge . " So true is it , as Bacon himself had taught , that a judge ought to be of a retired nature , and uncon- nected with politics . So certain is the injury to the administration of ...
... sometimes helped it as far as was fit for a judge . " So true is it , as Bacon himself had taught , that a judge ought to be of a retired nature , and uncon- nected with politics . So certain is the injury to the administration of ...
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