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He also wrote several separate treatises intended to take their places in the
completed “ Instauratio , " among which may especially be mentioned the “ Silva
Silvarum ; or , Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the
...
He also wrote several separate treatises intended to take their places in the
completed “ Instauratio , " among which may especially be mentioned the “ Silva
Silvarum ; or , Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the
...
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The King , immediately after the victory , as one that had been bred under a
devout mother , and was in his nature a great observer of religious forms , caused
To Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army
upon ...
The King , immediately after the victory , as one that had been bred under a
devout mother , and was in his nature a great observer of religious forms , caused
To Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army
upon ...
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... down his virtues and merits ; and , in the opinion 15 of wise men , even those
virtues themselves were conceived to be rather feigned and affected things to
serve his ambition , than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment or nature .
... down his virtues and merits ; and , in the opinion 15 of wise men , even those
virtues themselves were conceived to be rather feigned and affected things to
serve his ambition , than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment or nature .
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And though he should obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there
was a 5 very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act
of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of ...
And though he should obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there
was a 5 very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act
of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of ...
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... and preferring his affection to his own line and blood , 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 ...
... and preferring his affection to his own line and blood , 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 ...
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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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