| Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...industry and vigilancy of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme curious and articulate ; and in...his secret spials which he did employ both at home VOL. vt. K and abroad, by them to discover what practices and conspiracies were against him; surely... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...industry and vigilancy of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme curious and articulate ; and in...employ both at home and abroad, by them to discover wbat practices and conspiracies were against him; surely his case required it; he had such moles perpetually... | |
| James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1890 - 730 pages
...industry and vigilance of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme, curious and articulate ; " and...articles, respectively to his questions. As for his secret spials,21 which he did employ both at home and abroad, by them to discover what practices and conspiracies... | |
| James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 pages
...in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme, curious and articulate ; w and in them more articles touching inquisition, than...articles, respectively to his questions. As for his secret spials,21 which he did employ both at home and abroad, by them to discover what practices and conspiracies... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 628 pages
...industry and vigilancy of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme curious and articulate ; and in...employ both at home and abroad, by them to discover wh.it practices and conspiracies were against him ; surely his case required it ; he had such moles... | |
| Alexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson - Great Britain - 1907 - 726 pages
...industry and vigilance of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme, curious, and articulate, and in...distinct articles respectively to his questions." The custom of appointing men of rank as ambassadors had apparently not yet grown up, for in the same... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1913 - 624 pages
...industry and vigilancy of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme curious and articulate ; and in...requiring likewise from his ambassadors an answer, n particular distinct articles, respectively to his questions. As for his secret spials which he did... | |
| Markku Peltonen - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 406 pages
...information: "He was careful and liberal to obtain good intelligence . . . his instructions [to ambassadors) were ever extreme curious and articulate; and in them...distinct articles, respectively to his questions"; he employed "secret spials" both at home and abroad; he was "sad, serious, and full of thoughts and... | |
| Francis Bacon - History - 1998 - 340 pages
...industry and vigilancy of his own ambassadors in foreign parts. For which purpose his instructions were ever extreme curious* and articulate*, and in...them to discover what practices and conspiracies were 24 They were open, transparent to him; he was opaque, hidden to them. 25 At finding. 26 ailed home.... | |
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