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
... sort of know- ledge , he found himself " amidst men of sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading , their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors , chiefly Aristotle their dictator , as ...
... sort of know- ledge , he found himself " amidst men of sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading , their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors , chiefly Aristotle their dictator , as ...
Page xxiv
... sort was regarded with coldness , and philosophy with suspicion : instead , therefore , of uniting himself to the party in power , he not only formed an early friendship himself with Essex , but attached to his service his brother ...
... sort was regarded with coldness , and philosophy with suspicion : instead , therefore , of uniting himself to the party in power , he not only formed an early friendship himself with Essex , but attached to his service his brother ...
Page xxix
... sort , and more leisure than the greater sort , I did think it not impossible to work some profitable effect ; the rather because where an inferior wit is bent and constant upon one subject , he shall many times , with patience and ...
... sort , and more leisure than the greater sort , I did think it not impossible to work some profitable effect ; the rather because where an inferior wit is bent and constant upon one subject , he shall many times , with patience and ...
Page xlii
... sort suppose that he was freed of her indig- nation , or presume to approach the court , or her person . you service , is as to his perfection , that which he thinks himself to be born for ; whereas his desire to obtain this thing of ...
... sort suppose that he was freed of her indig- nation , or presume to approach the court , or her person . you service , is as to his perfection , that which he thinks himself to be born for ; whereas his desire to obtain this thing of ...
Page lxv
... sort , to have been compensated by his entire devotion to his professional and political duties : duties for which he possessed unrivalled powers . It has been truly said by the biographer of Bacon's successor , that " the ...
... sort , to have been compensated by his entire devotion to his professional and political duties : duties for which he possessed unrivalled powers . It has been truly said by the biographer of Bacon's successor , that " the ...
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