...essays, in 1625. In the dedication to the Duke of Buckingham, Bacon says: I do now publish my essays, which of all my other works have been most current,...and weight, so that they are, indeed, a new work. Bacon had the volume turned into Latin, " for ", he says, " I do conceive that the Latin volume of...

...edition of the Essays, in 1625, to the Duke of Buckingham: " I do now publish my Essays, which, of all my works, have been most current, for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." On Bacon, see note, iv. 281. EPISTLE I. Argument. The old meaning of this word was 'subject.' So Milton,...

...workes, have beene most Currant : For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your...

...workes, have beene most Currant : For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your...

...workes, have beene most Currant : For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Hosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your...

...workes, have beene most Currant : For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight ; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your...

...more ^onteinporary popularity~as a writer than any~other of his wotks_was early recognized by Bacon, "for that, as it; seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." It cannot be said, however, that he evei looked upon them as peculiarly of his own business and bosom....

...dedication of his Essays (1625) to Buckingham, Bacon speaks of them as the most popular of his writings, " for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." 11 anatomy: dissection. EPISTLE I 1 St. John: Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, Pope's " guide, philosopher,...

...Essaycs have beene most currant, for that, as it seemes, they come home to men's Businesse and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number and Weight, so that they are indeed a New Worke....! doe conceive that the Latine Volume of them, (being in the Universall Language) may last...

...actualities of human experience. Bacon, it will be remembered, found that, of all his works, his essays had been most current "for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms." Thus we are enabled to recognize a philosophical knowledge, in the broad sense of Newman's definition,...