Personal History of Lord Bacon: From Unpublished Papers

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J. Murray, 1861 - Philosophers - 388 pages

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Page 1 - LINDSAY'S (LORD) Lives of the Lindsays ; or, a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres. With Extracts from Official Papers and Personal Narratives. Second Edition. 3 Vols.
Page 4 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Page 1 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Page 377 - W.) Remains of a very Ancient Recension of the Four Gospels in Syriac, hitherto unknown in Europe.
Page 1 - Glossary of Provincial Words used in Herefordshire and some of the adjoining Counties.
Page 380 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Page 268 - I have been no avaricious oppressor of the people. I have been no haughty, or intolerable, or hateful man, in my conversation or carriage : I have inherited no hatred from my father, but am a good patriot born. Whence should this be ? For these are the things that use to raise dislikes abroad.
Page 93 - I am not servile to him, having regard to my superior's duty. I have been much bound unto him ; and, on the other side, I have spent more time and more thoughts about his well doing than ever I did about mine own.
Page 268 - I stopped at the seal, I never took penny for any commission or things of that nature, I never shared with any servant for any second or inferior profit.
Page 373 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.

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