The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1Carey, 1841 |
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Page 294
... princes ; for they being full of doubts and prone to jealousy , do not easily acquaint men of prying and curious eyes , and as it were of vigilant and wakeful dispositions , with the secret humours and manners of their life ; but such ...
... princes ; for they being full of doubts and prone to jealousy , do not easily acquaint men of prying and curious eyes , and as it were of vigilant and wakeful dispositions , with the secret humours and manners of their life ; but such ...
Page 372
... princes , divers consultations about a holy war , and a general expedition of Christian princes against the Turk : wherein it was agreed and thought fit , that the Hungarians , Polonians , and Bohemians , should make a war upon Thracia ...
... princes , divers consultations about a holy war , and a general expedition of Christian princes against the Turk : wherein it was agreed and thought fit , that the Hungarians , Polonians , and Bohemians , should make a war upon Thracia ...
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... prince : but the true reason was , that these two princes , being princes of great policy and profound judgment , stood a great time look- ing one upon another's fortunes , how they would go ; knowing well , that in the mean time the ...
... prince : but the true reason was , that these two princes , being princes of great policy and profound judgment , stood a great time look- ing one upon another's fortunes , how they would go ; knowing well , that in the mean time the ...
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2 ix | xlix |
From the publication of the Wisdom of the | lviii |
ESSAYS | lxix |
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