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... S Fr Bacon knight the Ks Sollicitor gen'all . " It was Bacon's in- tention to have dedicated it to Prince Henry , and the dedication was actually written , but in consequence of the Prince's death on the 6th of November , it X Preface.
... S Fr Bacon knight the Ks Sollicitor gen'all . " It was Bacon's in- tention to have dedicated it to Prince Henry , and the dedication was actually written , but in consequence of the Prince's death on the 6th of November , it X Preface.
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Francis Bacon. the Prince's death on the 6th of November , it was ad- dressed instead to his brother in law Sir John Con- stable . A copy of the dedication to Prince Henry exists in the British Museum ( Birch MSS . 4259 , fol . 155 ) ...
Francis Bacon. the Prince's death on the 6th of November , it was ad- dressed instead to his brother in law Sir John Con- stable . A copy of the dedication to Prince Henry exists in the British Museum ( Birch MSS . 4259 , fol . 155 ) ...
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... Table of Contents gives a list of forty Essay's but the last two were not printed . 1. Of Religion . 2 . Of Death . 3. Of Goodnes and goodnes of nature . 4. Of Discourse . Cunning . 5. Of Marriage and single life Preface XIII.
... Table of Contents gives a list of forty Essay's but the last two were not printed . 1. Of Religion . 2 . Of Death . 3. Of Goodnes and goodnes of nature . 4. Of Discourse . Cunning . 5. Of Marriage and single life Preface XIII.
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... death , and the 17th of Dec. when Chamberlain wrote the let- ter which is quoted in the note to Essay 44 . In 1613 Jaggard published a reprint of this edition , also in small 8vo , containing the omitted Essay " Of Honour and Reputation ...
... death , and the 17th of Dec. when Chamberlain wrote the let- ter which is quoted in the note to Essay 44 . In 1613 Jaggard published a reprint of this edition , also in small 8vo , containing the omitted Essay " Of Honour and Reputation ...
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... death . The number of Essays was increased to fifty - eight , of which twenty were new and the rest altered or enlarged . The entry at Stationers ' Hall is dated the 13th of March , 1624 . " Mr Whiteacre . Hanna Barrett . Entered for ...
... death . The number of Essays was increased to fifty - eight , of which twenty were new and the rest altered or enlarged . The entry at Stationers ' Hall is dated the 13th of March , 1624 . " Mr Whiteacre . Hanna Barrett . Entered for ...
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