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" I have been like a piece of stuff bespoken in the shop ; and if her Majesty will not take me, it may be the selling by parcels will be more gainful. For to be, as I told you, like a child following a bird, which when he is nearest flieth away and lighteth... "
An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon: Extracted from the ... - Page 138
by James Spedding - 1878 - 730 pages
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Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...so, that whatsoever service I do to her majesty, it shall be thought but to be servitium viscatum, lime-twigs and fetches to place myself; and so I shall...before, and then the child after it again, and so in n;ii nit ion ; I am weary of it, as also of wearying my good friends : of whom, nevertheless, I hope...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...majesty, it shall be thought but to be servitium VisCtitum, lime-twigs and fetches to place myself; arid so I shall have envy, not thanks. This is a course...before, and then the child after it again, and so in infinituin ; I am weary of it," as also of Wearying mjr good friends: of whom, nevertheless,;-I hope...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...more gainful. For to be, as I told you, like a child following a bird, which when he is nearest Hieth away, and lighteth a little before, and then the child after it again, and so in infmitum; I am weary of it, as also of wearying my good friends : of whom nevertheless, I hope in one...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...which when he is nearest flieth away and lighteth a little before, and then the child after it again. I am weary of it, as also of wearying my good friends." («) On the 5th of November, 1596, (o) Mr. Serjeant Fleming 1595. was appointed Solicitor-General,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...stand so, that whatsoever service I do to her majesty, it shall be thought but tu be sermlium viscatum, lime-twigs and fetches to place myself; and so I shall...before, and then the child after it again, and so in injinitum ; I am weary of it, as also of wearying my good friends : of whom, nevertheless, I hope in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...which when he is nearest flieth / away and lighteth a little before, and then the child after it again. I am weary of it, as also of wearying my good friends. "(») On the 5th of November, 1596, (o) Mr. Serjeant Fleming 1596. was appointed Solicitor-General,...
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Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ...

Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...and if her majesty will not take me, it may be, the selling by parcels may be more gainful. For to be like a child following a bird, which, when he is nearest,...it again, and so in infinitum, I am weary of it.'* Disappointed, and, as he thought, disgraced, f by being thus neglected, he im* Bacon's Works, vol....
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 21

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 914 pages
...majesty. But he has, in his own peculiar way, most forcibly described the pertinacity of his suit. " For to be, as I told you, like a child following a...before, and then the child after it again, and so ininftnitum,— I am weary of it, and also of wearying my good friends." Having failed of obtaining...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 614 pages
...so, that whatsoever service I do to her majesty, it shall be thought to be but " servitium viscatum," lime-twigs and fetches to place myself; and so I shall...before, and then the child after it again, and so in infinitura, I am weary of it : as also of wearying my good friends, of whom, nevertheless, I hope in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Ed.; with a ...

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1844 - 614 pages
...away and lighteth a little before,.. 52 53 and then the child after it again, and so in infinitura. I am weary of it : as also of wearying my good friends, of whom, nevertheless, I hope in one worse or other gratefully to deserve. And so, not forgetting your business I leave to trouble you with...
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