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Page xvi
... Italian translation of the second edition was published by John Beale , which was made with Bacon's knowledge , if not at his request . The author of the translation is not known . Mr Singer conjectured that it was Father Fulgentio ...
... Italian translation of the second edition was published by John Beale , which was made with Bacon's knowledge , if not at his request . The author of the translation is not known . Mr Singer conjectured that it was Father Fulgentio ...
Page xvii
... Italian translation , ac- cording to Mr Singer , there were two editions bearing the same date , but differing in the titles of some of the Essays . As I have seen but one , I subjoin his descrip- tion . He says , " In one of the copies ...
... Italian translation , ac- cording to Mr Singer , there were two editions bearing the same date , but differing in the titles of some of the Essays . As I have seen but one , I subjoin his descrip- tion . He says , " In one of the copies ...
Page xx
... Italian . The original is among the Cotton MSS . Julius C. 5 , and is evidently a transcript in some hand not Selden's . In the heading as it stands in the printed volume , " N. N. Clarissimo Viro Gulielmo Camdeno suo , " N. N. ( i . e ...
... Italian . The original is among the Cotton MSS . Julius C. 5 , and is evidently a transcript in some hand not Selden's . In the heading as it stands in the printed volume , " N. N. Clarissimo Viro Gulielmo Camdeno suo , " N. N. ( i . e ...
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... Italians make little difference betweene Children , and Nephewes , or neere Kinsfolkes ; But so they be of the Lumpe , they care not , though they passe not through their owne Body . And , to say Truth , in Nature , it is much a like ...
... Italians make little difference betweene Children , and Nephewes , or neere Kinsfolkes ; But so they be of the Lumpe , they care not , though they passe not through their owne Body . And , to say Truth , in Nature , it is much a like ...
Page 48
... Italians have an ungracious Proverb ; Tanto buon che val niente : So good , that he is good for nothing . And one of the Doctors of Italy , Nicholas Macciavel , had the confidence to put in writing , almost in plaine Termes : That the ...
... Italians have an ungracious Proverb ; Tanto buon che val niente : So good , that he is good for nothing . And one of the Doctors of Italy , Nicholas Macciavel , had the confidence to put in writing , almost in plaine Termes : That the ...
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