 and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and built great bulwarks round against it, and besieged it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.  Works of Francis Bacon - Page 256by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
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