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... advice ? Bacon would again sit in Parliament as a govern- mental official and did not want to witness a repetition of 1610. He wrote as if he expected James not only to be receptive to his sug- gestions but also to comprehend thoroughly ...
... advice ? Bacon would again sit in Parliament as a govern- mental official and did not want to witness a repetition of 1610. He wrote as if he expected James not only to be receptive to his sug- gestions but also to comprehend thoroughly ...
Page 126
... advice might have some influence , his mo- tives were predominantly self - seeking . Villiers was already too cor- rupted by power to utilize it for the public good . Whether or not Bacon fully understood this when he wrote the first “ ...
... advice might have some influence , his mo- tives were predominantly self - seeking . Villiers was already too cor- rupted by power to utilize it for the public good . Whether or not Bacon fully understood this when he wrote the first “ ...
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... advice . The King's habit of making long , threatening speeches had hardly been a dis- play of tactful absolutism . James should open a session with the customary address stating the proposed business . Afterwards , Bacon believed ...
... advice . The King's habit of making long , threatening speeches had hardly been a dis- play of tactful absolutism . James should open a session with the customary address stating the proposed business . Afterwards , Bacon believed ...
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