Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page xvi
... the Essay " Of Seditions and Trou- bles , " which then existed only in MS . , was included in the volume , and that a portion of the dedicatory letter to ་ Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage xvi Preface.
... the Essay " Of Seditions and Trou- bles , " which then existed only in MS . , was included in the volume , and that a portion of the dedicatory letter to ་ Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage xvi Preface.
Page xvii
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage " To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is trans- lated nearly word for word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this ...
Francis Bacon William Aldis Wright. Prince Henry was incorporated in Matthew's preface . The passage " To write iust Treatises ... fansies " is trans- lated nearly word for word , the change of person being of course observed . Of this ...
Page xviii
... passage in Ecclesiastes , where the Preacher saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ) ; and Verba 3 Eccles . xii . 10 , 11 ...
... passage in Ecclesiastes , where the Preacher saith that he sought to find out Verba Delectabilia , ( as Tremellius rendreth the Hebrew ) pleasant Words , ( that is , perhaps , his Book of Canticles ) ; and Verba 3 Eccles . xii . 10 , 11 ...
Page xix
... passage Aubrey is still more precise : " He told me that he was employed in translating part of the Essayes , viz . three of them , one whereof was that of the Greatnesse of Cities , the other two I have now forgott " ( II . p . 234 ) ...
... passage Aubrey is still more precise : " He told me that he was employed in translating part of the Essayes , viz . three of them , one whereof was that of the Greatnesse of Cities , the other two I have now forgott " ( II . p . 234 ) ...
Page xx
... passage in question . " Joannes Sarisburiensis e nostris pene solus est , qui rimatus arcana Ethices et Philologia puriora , monimentum . reliquit mentis Philosophica in libris de nugis Curia- 66 lium ; nuperrime vero magnus ille ...
... passage in question . " Joannes Sarisburiensis e nostris pene solus est , qui rimatus arcana Ethices et Philologia puriora , monimentum . reliquit mentis Philosophica in libris de nugis Curia- 66 lium ; nuperrime vero magnus ille ...
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