The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... present of land to the value of 18001. But when his munificent patron was sum- moned before the Privy Council , Bacon appeared against him , and argued with Coke , Attorney - General , and Fle- ming , Solicitor - General , on the ...
... present of land to the value of 18001. But when his munificent patron was sum- moned before the Privy Council , Bacon appeared against him , and argued with Coke , Attorney - General , and Fle- ming , Solicitor - General , on the ...
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... present wants , he had been tempted to take bribes under the title of presents , and that in a very open manner , from the suitors in the Court of Chancery . The Com- mons at this time were busied in the examinations of grievances ...
... present wants , he had been tempted to take bribes under the title of presents , and that in a very open manner , from the suitors in the Court of Chancery . The Com- mons at this time were busied in the examinations of grievances ...
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... presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice , preserved the integrity of a Judge , and had given just decrees against those very persons from whom he had ...
... presents ; and it is asserted that Bacon , who followed the same dangerous practice , had still , in the Seat of Justice , preserved the integrity of a Judge , and had given just decrees against those very persons from whom he had ...
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... present spare . His noble treatise on the Advancement of Learning , and the Novum Organum , form the chief basis of his reputation . Though inferior in some respects to Galilęo , and , perhaps , even to Kepler , he surpassed them both ...
... present spare . His noble treatise on the Advancement of Learning , and the Novum Organum , form the chief basis of his reputation . Though inferior in some respects to Galilęo , and , perhaps , even to Kepler , he surpassed them both ...
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... present continent of Europe shall ex- change its civilization for the barbarity of regions now undiscovered or unexplored , in whatever corner of the globe literature and the sciences may hereafter seek an asylum , so long will they ...
... present continent of Europe shall ex- change its civilization for the barbarity of regions now undiscovered or unexplored , in whatever corner of the globe literature and the sciences may hereafter seek an asylum , so long will they ...
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