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" I do now publish my Essays; which of all my other works, have been most current ; for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms. "
Century Readings in the English Essay - Page 10
edited by - 1926 - 529 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...come A i home home to Mens Bufinefs, and Bofbms. 1 have enlarged them both in Number and Weight ; fo that they are indeed a New Work. I thought it therefore agreeable to my Ajfe£lion,and Obligation to Your Grace, to prefix Your Name before them, both in Englifh and Latine...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...have been eminent; and you have planted things that are like to last. I do now publish my Essays ; which, of all my other works, have been most current...and obligation to your Grace, to prefix your name b* fore them, both in English and Latin ; for I do conceive, that the Latin volume of them, being in...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...have been eminent : and you have planted things that are like to last. I do now publish my Essays ; which of all my other works have been most current : for that, as it seems, they come home to mens business and bosoms. I have enlarged them both in number and weight ; so that they are indeed...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political ...

Francis Bacon - 1822 - 238 pages
...have been eminent ; and you have planted things that are like to last. I do now publish my Essays ; which of all my other works, have been most current...to men's business and bosoms. I have enlarged them hoth in number and weight ; so that they are indeed a new work : I thought it, therefore, agreeable...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...have beene most currant : for that, as it seemes, they come home to mens businesse and bosomes. I haue enlarged them, both in number and weight ; so that they are indeed a new woik. I thought it therefore agreeable to my affection, and obligation to your grace, to prefix your...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 450 pages
...mortified, when in his dedication of the Essays he observed, that ' of all my other works my Essays have been most current ; for that as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms.' It is too much to hope to find in a vast and profound inventor a writer also who bestows immortality...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 6

Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 406 pages
...mortified, when in his dedication of the Essays he observed, that " of all my other works my Essays have been most current ; for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." It is too much to hope to find in a vast and profound inventor a writer also who bestows immortality...
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A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession ..., Volume 2

David Hoffman - 1836 - 444 pages
...his Dedication to the Duke of Buckingham, he remarks, that 'they, of all my other works, have become most current; for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms.' The topics, fiftynine in number, are selected with great judgment, and form a little code of morals,...
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The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a ...

William Cramp - 1838 - 288 pages
...latter conjunction is often employed for a similar purpose with other conjunctions. Ex. — "My Essays, of all my other works, have been most current, for...seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." — BACON. The difference of signification between for, used as a conjunction, and the preposition...
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The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a ...

William Cramp - 1838 - 276 pages
...purpose with other conjunctions. Ex. — "My Essays, of all my other works, have been most current, fur that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." — BACON. junction, and the preposition for, has already been shown. Additional examples can, therefore,...
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