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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... true , could not fail of making an impression on Elizabeth , who was natu- rally high - spirited , and infinitely jealous of her au- thority . Though she had a particular fondness for the earl , she took occasion every now and then to ...
... true , could not fail of making an impression on Elizabeth , who was natu- rally high - spirited , and infinitely jealous of her au- thority . Though she had a particular fondness for the earl , she took occasion every now and then to ...
Page xvii
... true , Bacon was not the man who should have pub- lished those truths . He had been long and highly indebted to the earl's friendship , almost beyond the example even of that age . In another man this proceeding might not have been ...
... true , Bacon was not the man who should have pub- lished those truths . He had been long and highly indebted to the earl's friendship , almost beyond the example even of that age . In another man this proceeding might not have been ...
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... true valour on any ; he meant to make himself formidable to his people , that they might not discover how much he was afraid of them . Though he did not succeed in the union of the kingdoms , he found his judges , in an affair of a simi ...
... true valour on any ; he meant to make himself formidable to his people , that they might not discover how much he was afraid of them . Though he did not succeed in the union of the kingdoms , he found his judges , in an affair of a simi ...
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... true he found his account in this service ; as it proved the surest means of his own preferment : but , to a great and worthy mind , preferment so meanly obtained is disgrace , only a little disguised and gilded over . The Lord ...
... true he found his account in this service ; as it proved the surest means of his own preferment : but , to a great and worthy mind , preferment so meanly obtained is disgrace , only a little disguised and gilded over . The Lord ...
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... true interest lay in a good understanding with his people , he had often advised him to call frequent parliaments , and to throw himself on the affections of the nation for the support of his government . Though such advice was ...
... true interest lay in a good understanding with his people , he had often advised him to call frequent parliaments , and to throw himself on the affections of the nation for the support of his government . Though such advice was ...
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