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" Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays, being retractate and made more perfect, well translated into Latin by the help of some good pens which forsake me not. For these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupt with books... "
Letters - Page 254
by Francis Bacon - 1850
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Letters, Speeches, Charges, Advises, &c: Supplement (16 p.) appended

Francis Bacon - 1763 - 448 pages
...perfect, well tranflated into Latin by the help of fome good pens, which forfake me not. For theie modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupts with books : and fince I have loft much time with thb age, I would be glad, as God fhall give me leave, to recover it...
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Letters, continued. Letters, speeches, charges, advices, etc. first pub. by ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 618 pages
...Henry VII. that of the Essays, being retractate, and made more perfect, well translated into Latin by the help of some good pens, which forsake me not,...: and since I have lost much time with this age, I woald be glad, as God shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity. For the essay of friendship,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 6

1822 - 386 pages
...Henry VII. that of the Essays, being retractate, and made more perfect, well translated into Latin by the help of some good pens, which forsake me not,...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity." He says of the same work, " It is a thing which I think will live, and be a citizen of the world."...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...Seventh, that of the Essays, being retractate, " and made more perfect, well translated into Latin " by the help of some good pens, which forsake me "...shall give me leave, to recover it " with posterity." In the year 1627, this history was published in French.* In 1629, there was a new edition in English....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...Seventh, that of the Essays, being retractate, " and made more perfect, well translated into Latin " by the help of some good pens, which forsake me "...shall give me leave, to recover it " with posterity." In the year 1627, this history was published in French.* In 1629, there was a new edition in English....
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...VII. •• that of the Essays, being retractate, and made " more perfect, well translated into Latin by the " help of some good pens, which forsake me...modern languages will, at one time or " other, play the bankrupt with books : and since I " have lost much time with this age, I would be " glad, as God shall...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...Hen. VII. " that of the Essays, being retractate, and made " more perfect, well translated into Latin by the " help of some good pens, which forsake me...modern languages will, at one time or " other, play the bankrupt with books: and since I " have lost much time with this age, I would be " glad, as God shall...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...VII. " that of the Essays, being retractate, and made •' more perfect, well translated into Latin by the " help of some good pens, which forsake me...modern languages will, at one time or " other, play the bankrupt with books : and since I •'•" have lost much time with this age, I would be " glad, as...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...pens, which forsake me not. For these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupt with books ; and since I have lost much time with this age, 1 would be glad, as God shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity. For the Essay of Friendship,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...scarcely been published when he felt and expressed anxiety that it should be translated into Latin, " as these modern languages will, at one time or other,...shall give me leave, to recover it with posterity :"(b) a wish which was more than gratified, as it was published, not only in various editions, in England,...
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