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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... example even of that age . In another man this proceeding might not have been blameable ; in him it cannot be excused . In the next reign Sir Henry Aul . Co- Yelverton ventured on the displeasure both of the qui.p.186 . king and his ...
... example even of that age . In another man this proceeding might not have been blameable ; in him it cannot be excused . In the next reign Sir Henry Aul . Co- Yelverton ventured on the displeasure both of the qui.p.186 . king and his ...
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... example of this may serve in place of several : after his dis- grace , he submissively courted Buckingham's brother to a match with his daughter : in the height of his favour , he had rejected the same proposal with scorn . His profound ...
... example of this may serve in place of several : after his dis- grace , he submissively courted Buckingham's brother to a match with his daughter : in the height of his favour , he had rejected the same proposal with scorn . His profound ...
Page xxxiv
... example in one , who held so great and important a trust . To this high dignity Sir Francis Bacon privately aspired : and as it was the utmost scope of his ambition , he had aimed all his endeavours in the king's service to merit it at ...
... example in one , who held so great and important a trust . To this high dignity Sir Francis Bacon privately aspired : and as it was the utmost scope of his ambition , he had aimed all his endeavours in the king's service to merit it at ...
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... example of all that is great and exalted , of all that is little and low , in man . Such inconsistencies in our human na- ture cannot but alarm and terrify even those who are most confirmed in a habit of virtue . After a short ...
... example of all that is great and exalted , of all that is little and low , in man . Such inconsistencies in our human na- ture cannot but alarm and terrify even those who are most confirmed in a habit of virtue . After a short ...
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... example , as by the encouragement he gave to learned men , the great restorer of arts in his dominions . And here we are called upon to observe , that as France had been formerly obliged to England in the person of Alcuin , who planted ...
... example , as by the encouragement he gave to learned men , the great restorer of arts in his dominions . And here we are called upon to observe , that as France had been formerly obliged to England in the person of Alcuin , who planted ...
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