 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...VERULAM, upon his lordship's sending to his Majesty his Novum Organum. My Lord, I HAVE received your letter and your book, than the which you could not have sent a mrn-e acceptable present unto me. How thankful I am for it, cannot better be expressed by me, than... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...thanks with his own hand ; (6) and this was the first part of it : " My Lord, I have received your letter and your book, than the which you could not have sent a more acceptable present to me. How thankful I am for it, cannot better be expressed by me, than by a firm resolution 1 have... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...well looked into : and so farewell. JAMES I. TO LORD vERULAM. MY vERY GOOD LORD, I HAvE received your letter, and your book*, than the which you could not...better be expressed by me than by a firm resolution 1 have taken : first, to read it through with care and attention, though I should steal some hours... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 pages
...the sending to him his Book of Instauratio Magna, then newly published. My Lord, I have received your letter, and your book ; than the which you could not...a firm resolution I have taken ; first, to read it thorough with care and attention, though 1 should steal some hours from my sleep, having" otherwise... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...thanks with his own hand ; ('i) and this was the first part of it : " My Lord, 1 have received your letter and your book, than the which you could not have sent a more acceptable present to me. How thankful 1 am for it, cannot better be expiessed by me, than by a firm resolution 1 have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...SENDING TO HIM HIS BOOK OF INSTAURATIO HAGNA, THEN NEWLY PUBLISHED. MY LORD, — I have received your ad formerly published, as that of A rne than by a firm resolution I have taken; first, to read it through with care and attention, though... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 pages
...book, than the which The King's you could not have sent a more acceptable present unto a»a*"• ' me. How thankful I am for it, cannot better be expressed...read it through with care and attention, though I shoidd steal some hours from my sleep, — having otherwise as little spare time to read it as you... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1846 - 522 pages
...p. 31. JAMES R. My Lord, James I. to Lord Bacon. 1 I have received your letter and your book, 2 than which you could not have sent a more acceptable present...first, to read it through with care and attention, and though I should steal some hours from my sleep, having otherwise as little spare time to read it... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1846 - 520 pages
...note was written. James I. to Lord Bacon. l My Lord, I have received your letter and your book,2 than which you could not have sent a more acceptable present...first, to read it through with care and attention, and though I should steal some hours from my sleep, having otherwise as little spare time to read it... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 504 pages
...intellectual distinction. With his own hand he wrote this answer :— " MY LOIID, " I have received your letter and your book, than the which you could not...be expressed by me than by a firm resolution I have taken—first, to read it through with care and attention, though I should steal some .hours from my... | |
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My Lord, I have received your letter and your book, than the which you could not have sent a more acceptable present unto me. How thankful I am for it cannot better be expressed by me, than by a firm resolution I have taken ; first, to read it thorough... 
