The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1Baynes and son, 1824 |
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... turning air into water , 255 Of helping or altering the shape of the body , 256 Of condensing of air , to yield weight or nourish- ment , 257 Of flame and air commixed , 258 Of the secret nature of flame , 259 Of flame , in the midst ...
... turning air into water , 255 Of helping or altering the shape of the body , 256 Of condensing of air , to yield weight or nourish- ment , 257 Of flame and air commixed , 258 Of the secret nature of flame , 259 Of flame , in the midst ...
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... turn of mind gave the earl's enemies great advantages against him . They failed not to repre- sent to the queen , on several occasions , that this young lord , not satisfied with the distinction of being her favourite , pretended to be ...
... turn of mind gave the earl's enemies great advantages against him . They failed not to repre- sent to the queen , on several occasions , that this young lord , not satisfied with the distinction of being her favourite , pretended to be ...
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... turn her interests might require . The ambas- sador , a man of address and intrigue , had , by long habitude , learnt to personate all characters , and to as- sume , with an ease that seemed altogether unaffected , whatever shape might ...
... turn her interests might require . The ambas- sador , a man of address and intrigue , had , by long habitude , learnt to personate all characters , and to as- sume , with an ease that seemed altogether unaffected , whatever shape might ...
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... turn . He desires that his estate may be continued to him entire , in a style rather of expos- tulation and demand , than of humility and supplica- tion and through the affected obscurity of some ex- pressions , one may discover , that ...
... turn . He desires that his estate may be continued to him entire , in a style rather of expos- tulation and demand , than of humility and supplica- tion and through the affected obscurity of some ex- pressions , one may discover , that ...
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... turn steward to the estate newly bestowed on this young man ; to study the ways and means of im- proving his lands , and of rendering his places most profitable to him . It is true he found his account in this service ; as it proved the ...
... turn steward to the estate newly bestowed on this young man ; to study the ways and means of im- proving his lands , and of rendering his places most profitable to him . It is true he found his account in this service ; as it proved the ...
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