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Page iii
... give as complete a collection and as correct a text as I could of all his Letters , Speeches , Tracts , Memorials , and whatever else of his composition was addressed to the immediate business of his time , and meant to produce its ...
... give as complete a collection and as correct a text as I could of all his Letters , Speeches , Tracts , Memorials , and whatever else of his composition was addressed to the immediate business of his time , and meant to produce its ...
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... give you not only the life of the man but the history of the period . Now if there was ever any man whose writings upon the various occasions of his time may be expected to yield instruction in all these ways , it is Francis Bacon . Not ...
... give you not only the life of the man but the history of the period . Now if there was ever any man whose writings upon the various occasions of his time may be expected to yield instruction in all these ways , it is Francis Bacon . Not ...
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... give up Court and Law , and betake himself to other pursuits 234 LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX . 235 Essex persuades him to postpone his resolution , and promises to get him made Attorney - General . Bacon endeavours to engage Burghley in ...
... give up Court and Law , and betake himself to other pursuits 234 LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX . 235 Essex persuades him to postpone his resolution , and promises to get him made Attorney - General . Bacon endeavours to engage Burghley in ...
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... give the matter up , and go abroad . Essex's attempt to bring the question to a crisis . Bacon sent for to the Court · LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON , 25th of January , 1594 LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL , ENCLOSED IN THE LAST LETTER TO THE EARL ...
... give the matter up , and go abroad . Essex's attempt to bring the question to a crisis . Bacon sent for to the Court · LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON , 25th of January , 1594 LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL , ENCLOSED IN THE LAST LETTER TO THE EARL ...
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... give him the best opportunities of understanding the movements of the diffe- rent powers , and their bearing upon the interests of his own country . The period of his residence there was full of great matters . It in- cluded the short ...
... give him the best opportunities of understanding the movements of the diffe- rent powers , and their bearing upon the interests of his own country . The period of his residence there was full of great matters . It in- cluded the short ...
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