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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... person , deserving to be remembered by posterity , ought to look upon this law as prescribed to him . He is fairly to record the faults as well as the good qualities , the failings as well as the perfec- tions , of the dead ; with this ...
... person , deserving to be remembered by posterity , ought to look upon this law as prescribed to him . He is fairly to record the faults as well as the good qualities , the failings as well as the perfec- tions , of the dead ; with this ...
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... person . In his nature brave , ambitious , popular : and what is uncommon , at once the favourite of the sovereign and of the nation . Fond of military glory ; liberal to profu- The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon . xi.
... person . In his nature brave , ambitious , popular : and what is uncommon , at once the favourite of the sovereign and of the nation . Fond of military glory ; liberal to profu- The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon . xi.
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... person , and to banish from about her all those whom he reputed his enemies . Never was conspiracy so ill laid , or conducted with so little probability of success . The court was presently alarmed , his house invested , himself and his ...
... person , and to banish from about her all those whom he reputed his enemies . Never was conspiracy so ill laid , or conducted with so little probability of success . The court was presently alarmed , his house invested , himself and his ...
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... person , who was known to have lived in friendship with Essex , and whom they intended to ruin in the public esteem . If such was their intention , they succeeded but too well in it . Never man incurred more uni- versal or more lasting ...
... person , who was known to have lived in friendship with Essex , and whom they intended to ruin in the public esteem . If such was their intention , they succeeded but too well in it . Never man incurred more uni- versal or more lasting ...
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... person a second time , he pronounced them all traitors ; and pardoned p . 169 . them . Elizabeth , who knew his genius perfectly , sent Mr. Wotton on an embassy to him in 1585. Her intention was to divert him from a marriage with the ...
... person a second time , he pronounced them all traitors ; and pardoned p . 169 . them . Elizabeth , who knew his genius perfectly , sent Mr. Wotton on an embassy to him in 1585. Her intention was to divert him from a marriage with the ...
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