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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Page xiv
... less excusable in a man , resented so highly as to lay his hand on his sword , against a woman and his sovereign . No subsequent favour could wear this imaginary affront out of his memory ; though she pardoned him the insult that ...
... less excusable in a man , resented so highly as to lay his hand on his sword , against a woman and his sovereign . No subsequent favour could wear this imaginary affront out of his memory ; though she pardoned him the insult that ...
Page xx
... less original in the design than happy in the exe- cution , was to survey accurately the whole state and extent of the intellectual world ; what parts of it had been unsuccessfully cultivated ; what lay still neg- lected , XX The Life ...
... less original in the design than happy in the exe- cution , was to survey accurately the whole state and extent of the intellectual world ; what parts of it had been unsuccessfully cultivated ; what lay still neg- lected , XX The Life ...
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... less they dragged him to it by violence ; adding , that the king durst not bring him to trial . Astonished at such rash and dangerous expressions , the lieutenant , though it was then midnight , went and demanded an audience of the king ...
... less they dragged him to it by violence ; adding , that the king durst not bring him to trial . Astonished at such rash and dangerous expressions , the lieutenant , though it was then midnight , went and demanded an audience of the king ...
Page xxxvii
... less than three millions of florins , in lieu of eight millions they had engaged to pay Elizabeth , besides the interest that had been running on for eighteen years . Such are the events of this reign ; fit only to depress the writer ...
... less than three millions of florins , in lieu of eight millions they had engaged to pay Elizabeth , besides the interest that had been running on for eighteen years . Such are the events of this reign ; fit only to depress the writer ...
Page xlv
... less than became either yet he was now prevailed upon to meet the two houses once more . Indeed the exigency of his affairs rendered it necessary . His subjects , it is true , were harassed and pillaged ; but he was still in ex- treme ...
... less than became either yet he was now prevailed upon to meet the two houses once more . Indeed the exigency of his affairs rendered it necessary . His subjects , it is true , were harassed and pillaged ; but he was still in ex- treme ...
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