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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xi
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827
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Letters, Speeches, Charges, Advises, &c: Supplement (16 p.) appended

Francis Bacon - 1763 - 448 pages
...Highnefs, in all humblenefs, my book of Advancement of Learning^ trandated into Latin, but fo inlarged, as it may go for a new work. It is a book, I think, will live, and be a citizen of the world, as Engliih books are not. For Henry the Eighth, to deal truly with your Highnefs, I did fo defpair of...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...highness, in all humbleness, my book of Advancement of Learning, translated into Latin, but so enlarged, ai it may go for a new work. It is a book, I think, will...a citizen of the world, as English books are not." And in his presentation copy to the Duke of Buckingham, he says, — " Excellent Lord, I send your...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...true beadsman and most humble servant," &c. And in his presentation letter to the Prince, he says, "It may please your excellent Highness. — I send...a citizen of the world, as English books are not." And in his presentation copy to the Duke of Buckingham, he says, — " Excellent Lord, I send your...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...translated into Latin, but so enlarged as it may go for a new work ;" and says, " it is a book, he thinks, bonds." The third and last is, that it is a vanity to conceive, tha To Buckingham he writes, that " after his Majesty and his Highness, he was ever to have the third turn."...
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Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 472 pages
...Dedicating the Latin version of the " Advancement of Learning" to the prince, he observed, " It is a work I think will live, and be a citizen of the world, as English books are not." Lord Bacon saw " bankruptcy in our language," and houseless wanderers in our books. The commonwealth...
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Amenities of literature, sketches and characters of English literature, Volume 3

Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 436 pages
...Dedicating the Latin version of the "Advancement of Learning" to the Prince, he observed, " It is a work I think will live, and be a citizen of the world, as English books are not" Lord Bacon saw " bankruptcy in our language," and houseless wanderers in our books. The commonwealth...
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Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 360 pages
...Dedicating the Latin version of the " Advancement of Learning" to the Prince, he observed, "It is a work 1 think will live, and be a. citizen of the world, as English books are not." Lord Bacon saw "bankruptcy in our language," and houseless wanderers in our books. The commonwealth...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...contradiction to free it in the language, and to pen it up in the matter." To the Prince he writes ; — " I send your highness, in all humbleness, my book of...a citizen of the world as English books are not." The De Augmentis was not reprinted in the lifetime of the author ; and the first edition is now an...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...highness, "I send your highness, in all humbleness, my hook of Advancement of Learning, translated iitta Latin, but so enlarged as it may go for a new work....not. For Henry the Eighth, to deal truly with your higbne&s, I did so despair of my health this summer, as I was glad to choose some such work, as I might...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...translated into Latin, but so enlarged as it may go for a new work ;" and says, " it is a book, he thinks, will live, and be a citizen of the world, as English books are not." To Buckingham he writes, that " after his Majesty and his Highness, he was ever to have the third turn."...
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