Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Bacon to LeibnitzC. Knight, 1838 |
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... known to the general reader . In the trial of the Earl of Essex for high treason ( 1601 ) Bacon appeared as counsel for the Crown ; and after the execution of that unfortunate nobleman , the Queen directed him to compose and publish ...
... known to the general reader . In the trial of the Earl of Essex for high treason ( 1601 ) Bacon appeared as counsel for the Crown ; and after the execution of that unfortunate nobleman , the Queen directed him to compose and publish ...
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... known in the world , and wherein that knowledge was defective or pretended ; which professed to teach a new system , by which general laws should be made for the foundation of true science ; and which pointed out what remained to be known ...
... known in the world , and wherein that knowledge was defective or pretended ; which professed to teach a new system , by which general laws should be made for the foundation of true science ; and which pointed out what remained to be known ...
Pagina 10
... known among the continental nations , and he himself was understood and appreciated by them , to a far greater extent than by his fellow- countrymen . Some allusion to this is found in his will , in which , after having commended his ...
... known among the continental nations , and he himself was understood and appreciated by them , to a far greater extent than by his fellow- countrymen . Some allusion to this is found in his will , in which , after having commended his ...
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... known by the name of Kepler's Laws , beyond comparison the most important discoveries made in astronomy from the time of Copernicus to that of Newton , of which the first is , that the planets move in ellipses , in one of the foci of ...
... known by the name of Kepler's Laws , beyond comparison the most important discoveries made in astronomy from the time of Copernicus to that of Newton , of which the first is , that the planets move in ellipses , in one of the foci of ...
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... known as the ' Rule in Shelley's Case . From that period until he became Solicitor General in 1592 , his practice was enormous : it appears from the Reports of that time that there was scarcely a single motion or argu- ment before the ...
... known as the ' Rule in Shelley's Case . From that period until he became Solicitor General in 1592 , his practice was enormous : it appears from the Reports of that time that there was scarcely a single motion or argu- ment before the ...
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Pagina 42 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Pagina 177 - ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen. " ' that have honour and courage, and resolution in them...
Pagina 110 - I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them....
Pagina 38 - That the argument of his comedy might have been of some other nature, as of a duke to be in love with a countess, and that countess to be in love with the duke's son, and the son to love the lady's waiting-maid : some such cross wooing, with a clown to their servingman, better than to be thus near, and familiarly allied to the time.
Pagina 108 - His carriage, throughout this agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony.
Pagina 37 - The Winter's Tale is sneered at by B. Jonson, in the induction to Bartholomew Fair, 1614: " If there be never a servant-monster in the fair, who can help it, nor a nest of Antiques ? He is loth to make nature afraid in his plays, like those that beget TALES, Tempests, and such like drolleries.
Pagina 437 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Pagina 46 - Till then, our authors had no thoughts of writing on the model of the ancients : their Tragedies were only Histories in dialogue ; and their Comedies followed the thread of any novel as they found it, no less implicitly than if it had been true history.
Pagina 177 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually...
Pagina 177 - I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit. And take it not ill what I say, (I know you will not,) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still ; I told him so, I did truly.