 Which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays, — the word is late but the thing is ancient. For Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if one mark them well,...  Francis Bacon: An Account of His Life and Works - Page 436by Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...ancient ; for " Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them " well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, " though conveyed in the form... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...ancient ; for " Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them " well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, " though conveyed in the form... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...is ancient; for " Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them " well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, " though conveyed in the form... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service . which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. 1 be word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...is ancient; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service, which is the cause that hath made me chnse to write ing, as well amongst" him, as he lay along Under...wood : To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, you mark them well, arc but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of... | |
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