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" Upon this great occasion, he would be over-accurate ; and he sent a specimen of such superfine latinity, that the Lord Bacon did not encourage him to labour further in that work, in the penning of which, he desired not so much neat and polite, as clear,... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page vi
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...thankfulness. So leaving it nevertheless, Salva Amidtia, " as reason is to your good liking. I remain." CT their natural genius, and, by straining of it, crack...polite, as clear, masculine, and " apt expression." On the 12th of October, 1620, in a letter to the king, presenting the Novum Organum to his majesty,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...this great occasion he would be over accurate ; and he sent a specimen of such superfine Latiniiy, that the Lord Bacon did not encourage him to labour...Hackett, in his life of Archbishop Williams : " On Candlemas-day, anno 1608, his reverend friend Dr. Playfer departed out of this world, in the forty-sixth...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...their natural genius, and, by straining of it, " crack and disable it. And so, it seems, it hap" pened to that worthy and elegant man. Upon " this great...polite, as " clear masculine, and apt expression." On the 12th of October, 1620, in a letter to the king, presenting the Novum Organum to his majesty,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...thankfulness. So leaving it nevertheless, Satv& Amdlti, " as reason is to your good liking. I remain." " their natural genius, and, by straining of it, crack...polite, as clear, masculine, and " apt expression." On the 12th of October, 1620, in a letter to the king, presenting the Novum Organum to his majesty,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...seems it happened to that worthy and elegant man. Upon this great occasion he would be over accurate ; and he sent a specimen of such superfine Latinity,...Hackett, in his life of Archbishop Williams : " On Candlemas-day, anno 1608, his reverend friend Dr. Playfer departed out of this world, in the forty-sixth...
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Lives of Sacred Poets

Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 pages
...Bacon was " of such superfine Latinity, that he did not encourage him to proceed any further in the work ; in the penning of which he desired not so much...polite, as clear, masculine, and apt expression." This took place, Mr. Montague thinks, in 1 606 or 1 607 ; Hacket speaks of Dr. Playfer's death in 1 608...
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Lives of the English Sacred Poets, Volume 1

Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 pages
...Selected Apophthegms, and two Latin poems to Lord Bacon, and one to Donne. to proceed any further in the work; in the penning of which he desired not so much...polite, as clear, masculine, and apt expression." This took place, Mr. Montague thinks, in 1606 or 1607; Hacket speaks of Dr. Playfer's death in 1608*. At...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...(1679), that the translation was undertaken and actually begun by Playfer. " The Doctor," he says, " was willing to serve so excellent a person, and so...and polite as clear, masculine, and apt expression." At this time, probably, Bacon contemplated nothing more than a correct translation of the English work,...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...he sent a specimen of such superfine Latinity, that the Lord Bacon did not encourage him to lahour further in that work, in the penning of which he desired...and polite as clear, masculine, and apt expression." At this time, prohahly, Bacon contemplated nothing more than a correct translation of the English work,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...specimen of a latine translation. But men, generally, come short of themselves when they strive to out-doe themselves. They put a force upon their natural genius,...polite, as clear, masculine, and apt expression." On the 12th of October, 1620, in a letter to the king, presenting the Novum Organum to his majesty,...
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