Francis Bacon: (Lord Verulam.): A Critical Review of His Life and CharacterEstes and Lauriat, 1883 - 277 pages |
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Page vii
... nature ; his residence abroad and its results ; summoned home by the sudden death of his father ; confronted by poverty ; seeks office , and failing , enters upon the study of the law ; state of religious feeling ; Bacon seeks a short ...
... nature ; his residence abroad and its results ; summoned home by the sudden death of his father ; confronted by poverty ; seeks office , and failing , enters upon the study of the law ; state of religious feeling ; Bacon seeks a short ...
Page xiii
... NATURE . OF ATHEISM . OF SUPERSTITION . OF TRAVEL . OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF . OF INNOVATIONS . OF SEEMING WISE . OF FRIENDSHIP . • OF EXPENSE . OF SUSPICION . OF DISCOURSE . OF RICHES . OF NATURE IN MEN . OF YOUTH AND AGE .. PAGE ...
... NATURE . OF ATHEISM . OF SUPERSTITION . OF TRAVEL . OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF . OF INNOVATIONS . OF SEEMING WISE . OF FRIENDSHIP . • OF EXPENSE . OF SUSPICION . OF DISCOURSE . OF RICHES . OF NATURE IN MEN . OF YOUTH AND AGE .. PAGE ...
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... nature . The object of this sketch is to outline him in his two rôles of Truth - seeker and Place - hunter , in his courage and cowardice , strength and weakness , glory and shame . To form a fair estimate of any historical char- acter ...
... nature . The object of this sketch is to outline him in his two rôles of Truth - seeker and Place - hunter , in his courage and cowardice , strength and weakness , glory and shame . To form a fair estimate of any historical char- acter ...
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... nature or time , did , out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit , spin cobwebs of learning , admirable for the fineness of thread and work , but of no substance or profit . " * Translation from his father's house ...
... nature or time , did , out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit , spin cobwebs of learning , admirable for the fineness of thread and work , but of no substance or profit . " * Translation from his father's house ...
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... nature received an unfavorable bias from this early entrance into diplomacy . He performed no service other than bearing a dispatch to England , it is true ; but it is probable that his thirst for office was then awakened , and his ...
... nature received an unfavorable bias from this early entrance into diplomacy . He performed no service other than bearing a dispatch to England , it is true ; but it is probable that his thirst for office was then awakened , and his ...
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