Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... , BARON OF VERULAM , VISCOUNT ST . ALBAN , AND LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND . LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY ; BY C. WHITTINGHAM , CHISWICK . M DCCC XXII . Bayerische Staatsbibi thek Münch Some Account of the Author .
... , BARON OF VERULAM , VISCOUNT ST . ALBAN , AND LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND . LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY ; BY C. WHITTINGHAM , CHISWICK . M DCCC XXII . Bayerische Staatsbibi thek Münch Some Account of the Author .
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... England . EXCELLENT LORD , SOLOMON says , 66 a good name is as a precious oint- ment ; " and I assure myself such will your Grace's name be with posterity : for your fortune and merit both have been eminent ; and you have planted things ...
... England . EXCELLENT LORD , SOLOMON says , 66 a good name is as a precious oint- ment ; " and I assure myself such will your Grace's name be with posterity : for your fortune and merit both have been eminent ; and you have planted things ...
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... powder trea- son of England ? He would have been seven times more epicure and atheist than he was ; for as the temporal sword is to be drawn with great circumspection in cases of religion , so it is a 20 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
... powder trea- son of England ? He would have been seven times more epicure and atheist than he was ; for as the temporal sword is to be drawn with great circumspection in cases of religion , so it is a 20 LORD BACON'S ESSAYS .
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... England , Francis the First , king of France , and Charles the Fifth emperor , there was such a watch kept that none of the three could win a palm of ground , but the other two would straightways balance it , either by confederation ...
... England , Francis the First , king of France , and Charles the Fifth emperor , there was such a watch kept that none of the three could win a palm of ground , but the other two would straightways balance it , either by confederation ...
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... England's queen had the principal hand in the deposing and mur- der of her husband . This kind of danger is then to be feared chiefly when the wives have plots for the raising of their own children , or else that they be advoutresses ...
... England's queen had the principal hand in the deposing and mur- der of her husband . This kind of danger is then to be feared chiefly when the wives have plots for the raising of their own children , or else that they be advoutresses ...
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