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" Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew,, the wind-mills wrought, and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement... "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 42
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...matters I "T'te not of; myself am like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace »awngst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills wrought and the water-mill ™ l«8s customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement of In another...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...an amusing comparison — " Other matters I write not of; myself am like the miller of Grancester, d that it may not be done with safety suddenly, the...they may not know what to expect, and be as it were " In another beautiful letter to Matthew, after confessing his desires to be " that his writings should...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 pages
...matters I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows ; for, while the winds blew the wind-mills...the approbation of yourself by your own discreet and tem perate carriage, may restore you to your country, and your friends to your society. And so I com...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 628 pages
...matters I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows ; for, while the winds blew the wind-mills...the approbation of yourself by your own discreet and tern perate carriage, may restore you to your country, and your friends to your society. And so I com...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 486 pages
...Huntingdon,2 that was wont to pray for peace amongst the 1 Addl. MSS. 5503 fo. 33. ' Grant-ester in Res. willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills...temperate carriage, may restore you to your country, aud your friends to your society. And so I commend you to God's goodness. Gray's- Inn, this 10th of...
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An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

James Spedding - 1880 - 748 pages
...according to your discretion. Other matters I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by yonr own discreet and temperate carriage, may restore you to your country, and your friends to your...
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Bacon

Richard William Church - 1884 - 252 pages
...aspalma to pugnus, part of the same thing more large. . . . Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills wroughtf and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder...
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Francis Bacon: An Account of His Life and Works

Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 540 pages
...palma to pugmi*, part of the same thing more large. . . . Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. Let ine conclude with my perpetual wish towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by your own...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1869 - 456 pages
...according to your discretion. Other matters I write not of. .My-clf am like the miller of Huntingdon,9 that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...the advancement of sciences. Let me conclude with ray perpetual wish towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by your own discreet and temperate...
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Francis Bacon: A Sketch of His Life, Works, and Literary Friends, Chiefly ...

George Walter Steeves - 1910 - 272 pages
...palma to pugnus, part of the same thing more large. . . . Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows...water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies against religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. Let me conclude with my perpetual wish towards...
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