History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page v
... English . Bacon's youth was passed partly in London , and partly at the country residence of the family at Gorham- bury near St Albans . At twelve years old he became a member of Trinity College , Cambridge , and continued his studies ...
... English . Bacon's youth was passed partly in London , and partly at the country residence of the family at Gorham- bury near St Albans . At twelve years old he became a member of Trinity College , Cambridge , and continued his studies ...
Page vi
... English men of letters . This edition comprised only ten essays , nor were the essays in- ` creased to their present number or brought into their present form till the third edition in 1625. These short compositions are masterpieces ...
... English men of letters . This edition comprised only ten essays , nor were the essays in- ` creased to their present number or brought into their present form till the third edition in 1625. These short compositions are masterpieces ...
Page viii
... English prose com- position during the reign of Elizabeth , and to what a degree of perfection it had been brought by the powers of such writers as Bacon and Hooker . Beside the History of Henry VII , Bacon , during this retire- ment at ...
... English prose com- position during the reign of Elizabeth , and to what a degree of perfection it had been brought by the powers of such writers as Bacon and Hooker . Beside the History of Henry VII , Bacon , during this retire- ment at ...
Page x
... English cloth " in the lands of the Archduke Philip . This was an impost of a florin for every piece of English cloth imported into the Netherlands . The duty was withdrawn in 1497. Fabyan's work " The Concordance of Histories , " which ...
... English cloth " in the lands of the Archduke Philip . This was an impost of a florin for every piece of English cloth imported into the Netherlands . The duty was withdrawn in 1497. Fabyan's work " The Concordance of Histories , " which ...
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... English Chronicles " and " A Survey of London , " which latter is the best known of his works . He wrote , but was never able to publish , a large Chronicle or History of England . He fell into great poverty towards the end of his life ...
... English Chronicles " and " A Survey of London , " which latter is the best known of his works . He wrote , but was never able to publish , a large Chronicle or History of England . He fell into great poverty towards the end of his life ...
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Page 270 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.