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" Ye shall understand (my dear friends) that amongst the excellent acts of that king, one above all hath the preeminence. It was the erection and institution of an Order or Society which we call Salomon's House ; the noblest foundation (as we think) that... "
Ideal Empires and Republics: Rousseau's Social Contract, More's Utopia ... - Page 252
1901 - 317 pages
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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis: New Interdisciplinary Essays

Bronwen Price - 2002 - 226 pages
...also called, the College of the Six Days' Works, which was established by King Solamona and stands as 'the noblest foundation (as we think) that ever was upon the earth; and the lanthorn of this kingdom' (471). The description acts as a preliminary to the governor's explanation...
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The Social Context of Innovation: Bureaucrats, Families, and Heroes in the ...

2003 - 198 pages
...place in Bensalem; as one of its wise men explained: Ye shall understand (my dear friends) that amongst the excellent acts of that king, one above all hath...House-, the noblest foundation (as we think) that was ever upon the earth; and the lanthorn of this kingdom. It is dedicated to the study of the Works...
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The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon's Thought

Stephen A. McKnight - 2006 - 209 pages
...heart, inscrutable for good; and was wholly bent to make his kingdom and people happy. . . . amongst the excellent acts of that king, one above all hath...(as we think) that ever was upon the earth; and the lanthorn of this kingdom. It is dedicated to the study of the Works and Creatures of God. Some think...
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The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 2006 - 90 pages
...shall understand (my dear friends) that amongst the excellent acts of that king, one above all bath the pre-eminence. It was the erection and institution...(as we think) that ever was upon the earth; and the lanthorn of this kingdom. It is dedicated to the study of the works and creatures of God. Some think...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pages
...digress, but you will by and by find it pertinent. Ye shall understand, my dear friends, that amongst s gignatur. Inutile enim fere fuerit virtntem quiBOOK...modos et vi is ignorare : non enim de virtute tant Solomon's House; the noblest foundation, as we think, that ever was npon the earth, and the lantern...
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Esprits modernes: études sur les modèles de pensée alternatifs aux XVIe ...

Vlad Alexandrescu - 2003 - 240 pages
...Solamona's innovations, Salomon's House seems to have been the most imporco tant: it is described as "the noblest foundation (as we think) that ever was upon the earth, and the lanthorn of this kingdom"l8. Bacon never tells us precisely how Salomon's House is integrated into...
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Lectures on the History of the Nineteenth Century, Delivered at the ...

Frederick Alexander Kirkpatrick - 1904 - 726 pages
...it. The house is, we are told, the "very eye of this kingdom," Bensalem, "the noblest foundation... that ever was upon the earth, and the lantern of this kingdom." Its purpose is "the finding out of the true nature of all things (whereby God might have the more glory...
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Pioneers of Modern Education 1600-1700

John William Adamson - 1905 - 320 pages
...it. The house is, we are told, the " very eye of this kingdom," Bensalem, " the noblest foundation... that ever was upon the earth, and the lantern of this kingdom." Its purpose is "the finding out of the true nature of all things (whereby God might have the more glory...
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The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 2001 - 136 pages
...deare Friends,) that amongst the Excellent Acts of that King, one above all hath the 15 preheminence. It was the Erection, and Institution of an Order, or Society, which wee call Salomons House ; The Noblest Foundation, (as wee thinke,) that ever was upon the Earth; And...
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