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... before such fortune fell to Bacon's lot . It was in January , 1597 , that he published the first edition of his Essays , the first of those works by which his name became famous in the list of English men of letters .
... before such fortune fell to Bacon's lot . It was in January , 1597 , that he published the first edition of his Essays , the first of those works by which his name became famous in the list of English men of letters .
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... form in which we possess it in 1621 and the following year , immediately after Bacon's downfall , and was probably undertaken as a solace in this great reverse of fortune , the thought of such a work had been long before his mind .
... form in which we possess it in 1621 and the following year , immediately after Bacon's downfall , and was probably undertaken as a solace in this great reverse of fortune , the thought of such a work had been long before his mind .
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... and liking that title best which made him independent ; and being in his nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest ...
... and liking that title best which made him independent ; and being in his nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest ...
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They had been both versed in his affairs , before he came to the crown , and were partakers of his adverse fortune . This Morton soon after , 5 upon the death of Bourchier , he made archbishop of Canterbury .
They had been both versed in his affairs , before he came to the crown , and were partakers of his adverse fortune . This Morton soon after , 5 upon the death of Bourchier , he made archbishop of Canterbury .
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30 This lady was amongst the examples of great variety of fortune . She had first from a distressed suitor , and desolate widow , been taken to the marriage bed of a bachelor King , the goodliest personage of his time ; and even in his ...
30 This lady was amongst the examples of great variety of fortune . She had first from a distressed suitor , and desolate widow , been taken to the marriage bed of a bachelor King , the goodliest personage of his time ; and even in his ...
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Page 272 - 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.
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| Title | History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby Pitt press series |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Joseph Rawson Lumby |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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