| Francis Bacon - 1819 - 618 pages
...servant, GreyVinn, 17th of June, 1623. FR. ST. ALBAN. I do hear from Sir Robert Ker, and others, how much beholden I am to you. , • TO MR. TOBIE MATTHEW....: and since I have lost much time with this age, I woald be glad, as God shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity. For the essay of friendship,... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 386 pages
...most men of splendid genius, he anticipated the immortality of his name with perfect confidence. " It is true, my labours are now most set to have those...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity." He says of the same work, " It is a thing which I think will live, and be a citizen of the world."... | |
| 1822 - 386 pages
...most men of splendid genius, he anticipated the immortality of his name with perfect confidence. " It is true, my labours are now most set to have those...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity." He says of the same work, " It is a thing which I think will live, and be a citizen of the world."... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...which I had formerly published, as " that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry " the Seventh, that of the Essays, being retractate, " and made more...shall give me leave, to recover it " with posterity." In the year 1627, this history was published in French.* In 1629, there was a new edition in English.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...which I had formerly published, as " that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry " the Seventh, that of the Essays, being retractate, " and made more...shall give me leave, to recover it " with posterity." In the year 1627, this history was published in French.* In 1629, there was a new edition in English.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...which forsake me not. " For these modern languages will, at one time or " other, play the bankrupt with books : and since I " have lost much time with...your " speech of it for a cursory request, I took my pro" mise for a compliment. But since you call for it, " I shall perform it. In his letter* to Father... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...which forsake me not. " For these modern languages will, at one time or " other, play the bankrupt with books : and since I •'•" have lost much time...your " speech of it for a cursory request, I took my pro" mise for a compliment. But since you call for it, " I shall perform it. In his letter* to Father... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...pens, which forsake me not. For these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupt with books ; and since I have lost much time with this age, 1 would be glad, as God shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity. For the Essay of Friendship,... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...scarcely been published when he felt and expressed anxiety that it should be translated into Latin, " as these modern languages will, at one time or other,...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity :"(b) a wish which was more than gratified, as it was published, not only in various editions, in England,... | |
| Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...Sermon of Reform, p. 2I. Ed. I643. t Letter to Mr. Matthew, vol. 12, p. 448. 'And since,' he adds, ' I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad,...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity.' says Bacon, in a letter to the professor, ' I have only taken upon me to ring a bell, to call other... | |
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