The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... wise heathen as a precedent , well knowing that his breviary contained no such doctrine : advice which was gratefully received by the marquis , who declared that , for the future , he would attend to no other counsellor . his cause ...
... wise heathen as a precedent , well knowing that his breviary contained no such doctrine : advice which was gratefully received by the marquis , who declared that , for the future , he would attend to no other counsellor . his cause ...
Page cxv
... wise reform , instead of palliating a complaint , looks at the real cause of the malady . He con- curred with his opponent , Sir Edward Coke , in saying , " Si quid moves a principio moveas . Er- rores ad principia referre est refellere ...
... wise reform , instead of palliating a complaint , looks at the real cause of the malady . He con- curred with his opponent , Sir Edward Coke , in saying , " Si quid moves a principio moveas . Er- rores ad principia referre est refellere ...
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... wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of Young men and age . 12. Of Loue . 24. Of Beautie . 1 Francis Bacon married Alice Burnham , and Sir John Constable married her sister Dorothy Burnham . In Lord Bacon's will , he says , Sir ...
... wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of Young men and age . 12. Of Loue . 24. Of Beautie . 1 Francis Bacon married Alice Burnham , and Sir John Constable married her sister Dorothy Burnham . In Lord Bacon's will , he says , Sir ...
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... Wise , Faithful Sayings : that is , credible Propositions worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes , where the Preacher saith that he ...
... Wise , Faithful Sayings : that is , credible Propositions worthy of firm Assent , and ready Acceptance . And ( as I think ) he alluded more particularly , in this Title , to a passage in Ecclesiastes , where the Preacher saith that he ...
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... wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake , but thereby to purchase himself profit , or ...
... wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves , that labour in past matters . There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake , but thereby to purchase himself profit , or ...
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