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" Multum incola full anima mea, than myself. For I do confess, since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done; and in absence are many errors2 which I do willingly acknowledge ; and amongst the rest this great... "
Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and ... - Page 251
by Francis Bacon - 1868
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The Literary Character, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 pages
...man once, holding out a book, " than for the life I have of late led. Nature has not fitted me for that; knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part." BUFFON, who consumed his mornings in his old tower of Montbar, at the end of his garden, with all nature...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...understanding, my mind bath in effect been absent from that 1 have done : and in absence are many errors, which I do willingly acknowledge ; and amongst the...to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes j for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Tennison...
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Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works

Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pages
...constant mind, Though single.' He knew himself by inward calling, — these are his own words, — to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part. ' I have led my life,' he said, ' in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the pre-occupation...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 864 pages
...been absent from that I have done ; and in absence are many errors, which I do willingly acknowledge j and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the...book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil i ; for which I was not very fit by nature, and • The earl of Northampton was the second son, and...
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The Literary Character

Isaac Disraeli - 1839 - 418 pages
...man once, holding out a book, " than for the life I have of late led. Nature has not fitted me for that ; knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part." BUFFON, who consumed his mornings in his old tower of Montbar, at the end of his garden, with all nature...
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Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...understanding, my mind hath, in effect, been absent from that I have done, and in absence errors are committed, ~ E cG I W ( ˀ "˵ 4Ba ۊJck( Cvj m ̀ n@B! ]G R R ݵ kG 奮 1( El\ 2 ˀ$2 9 K 16 z 1 have led my life in civil causes, fur which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...understanding, my mind hath, in effect, been absent from that I have done, and in absence errors are committed, which I do willingly acknowledge; and amongst the...to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, 1 have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation...
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The New-York Review, Volume 10; Volumes 19-20

1842 - 546 pages
...from that I have done, and in absence errors are committed which I do willingly acknowledge. And among the rest, this great one that led the rest ; that...by inward calling, to be fitter to hold a book than play a part, 1 have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit...
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The New York Review, Volumes 1-10

1842 - 576 pages
...among the rest, this great one that led the rest ; 1842.] Not influenced by Desire of Applause. 371 that knowing myself, by inward calling, to be fitter to hold a book than play a part, 1 have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 612 pages
...done, and in absence errors are committed, which I do willingly acknowledge; and amongst the Test, this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself...a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in sivil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind....
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