Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and EvilMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 388 pages |
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Page x
... tion was published by Humfrey Hooper , also in small 8vo , differing from the first in having the Meditations in English , and the table of Contents of the Essays at the back of the title page . A pirated edition was printed for John ...
... tion was published by Humfrey Hooper , also in small 8vo , differing from the first in having the Meditations in English , and the table of Contents of the Essays at the back of the title page . A pirated edition was printed for John ...
Page xv
... tion to which , he says , Bacon " speaks of several editions having been then printed " ( Prior's Life of Malone , p . 424 ) . If the date be correct , which there is reason to doubt , this could only have been a reprint of the edition ...
... tion to which , he says , Bacon " speaks of several editions having been then printed " ( Prior's Life of Malone , p . 424 ) . If the date be correct , which there is reason to doubt , this could only have been a reprint of the edition ...
Page xvi
... tion was published with Bacon's sanction is evident from the fact that 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 ...
... tion was published with Bacon's sanction is evident from the fact that 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 ...
Page xvii
... tion . He says , " In one of the copies now before me the Essays contain 102 pages , the Wisdom of the An- cients 150 pages , and a list of Errata is appended to each . In the other copy the Essays comprise 112 pages , the last of which ...
... tion . He says , " In one of the copies now before me the Essays contain 102 pages , the Wisdom of the An- cients 150 pages , and a list of Errata is appended to each . In the other copy the Essays comprise 112 pages , the last of which ...
Page xix
... comparison of it with the rest , I should be inclined to set down as the other two , which Hobbes translated but which Aubrey had forgotten , the Essays " Of Simula- tion and Dissimulation , " and " Of Innovations . C2 Preface xix.
... comparison of it with the rest , I should be inclined to set down as the other two , which Hobbes translated but which Aubrey had forgotten , the Essays " Of Simula- tion and Dissimulation , " and " Of Innovations . C2 Preface xix.
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