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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Page xi
... less . This gives the highest idea of her ministry , and places their characters , in general , above imputation or reproach . Of Sir Nicholas Bacon , our author's father , I have already given some account : and shall only add here ...
... less . This gives the highest idea of her ministry , and places their characters , in general , above imputation or reproach . Of Sir Nicholas Bacon , our author's father , I have already given some account : and shall only add here ...
Page xiv
... less excusable in a man , resented so highly as to lay his hand on his sword , against a woman and his sovereign . No subsequent favour could wear this imaginary affront out of his memory ; though she pardoned him the insult that ...
... less excusable in a man , resented so highly as to lay his hand on his sword , against a woman and his sovereign . No subsequent favour could wear this imaginary affront out of his memory ; though she pardoned him the insult that ...
Page xx
... less original in the design than happy in the exe- cution , was to survey accurately the whole state and extent of the intellectual world ; what parts of it had been unsuccessfully cultivated ; what lay still neg- lected ,. XX The Life ...
... less original in the design than happy in the exe- cution , was to survey accurately the whole state and extent of the intellectual world ; what parts of it had been unsuccessfully cultivated ; what lay still neg- lected ,. XX The Life ...
Page xxxii
... less they dragged him to it by violence ; adding , that the king durst not bring him to trial . Astonished at such rash and dangerous expressions , the lieutenant , though it was then midnight , went and demanded an audience of the king ...
... less they dragged him to it by violence ; adding , that the king durst not bring him to trial . Astonished at such rash and dangerous expressions , the lieutenant , though it was then midnight , went and demanded an audience of the king ...
Page xxxvii
... less than three millions of florins , in lieu of eight millions they had engaged to pay Elizabeth , besides the interest that had been running on for eighteen years . Such are the events of this reign ; fit only to depress the writer ...
... less than three millions of florins , in lieu of eight millions they had engaged to pay Elizabeth , besides the interest that had been running on for eighteen years . Such are the events of this reign ; fit only to depress the writer ...
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