The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1819 |
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... actions and characters of their dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges ; in order to regulate what was due to their memory . No quality , however exalted ; no abilities , however eminent ; could exempt the possessors ...
... actions and characters of their dead should be solemnly canvassed before certain judges ; in order to regulate what was due to their memory . No quality , however exalted ; no abilities , however eminent ; could exempt the possessors ...
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... from the dangers she was exposed to in the first part of her life . She grew up in a strict attention over her own actions , even over her looks and words , from the rigour of her father's temper , vi The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon ,
... from the dangers she was exposed to in the first part of her life . She grew up in a strict attention over her own actions , even over her looks and words , from the rigour of her father's temper , vi The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon ,
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... actions henceforward were the genuine effects of frenzy and despair . In conjunction with his friends , of several conditions , he meditated no less an attempt than to seize on the palace , to make himself master of the queen's person ...
... actions henceforward were the genuine effects of frenzy and despair . In conjunction with his friends , of several conditions , he meditated no less an attempt than to seize on the palace , to make himself master of the queen's person ...
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... told that England was nei- ther to be exhausted nor provoked : and his actions shewed that he believed so , according to the letter . 1 The truth is , that as pusillanimity will talk bigger xxiv The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
... told that England was nei- ther to be exhausted nor provoked : and his actions shewed that he believed so , according to the letter . 1 The truth is , that as pusillanimity will talk bigger xxiv The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon .
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... actions chiefly to the good of your " sovereign , and your country . It is the life of a " beast always to eat , and never to exercise . In " this dedication of yourself to the public , I recom- " mend to you principally that which I ...
... actions chiefly to the good of your " sovereign , and your country . It is the life of a " beast always to eat , and never to exercise . In " this dedication of yourself to the public , I recom- " mend to you principally that which I ...
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