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" It is true my labors are now most set to have those works which I had formerly published, as that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays, being retractate and made more perfect, well translated into Latin by the help of some... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xxi
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Representative English Prose and Prose Writers

Theodore Whitefield Hunt - Authors, English - 1887 - 552 pages
...most set to have those works which I had formerly published (in English) well translated into Latin, for these modern languages, will at one time or other, play the bankrupt with books and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad, as God would give...
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The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-called ..., Volume 2

Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 528 pages
...have those works, which I formerly published, as that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays, being retractate, and made more...not. For these modern languages will, at one time or another, play the bankrupt with books; and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad,...
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Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Volume 39

Modern Language Association of America - Electronic journals - 1924 - 220 pages
...domynacyon of the mone, whiche is never stedfaste but ever waverynge." Francis Bacon was certain that "these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupts with books," and labored with much pains that his own writings should be "well translated into Latin," "the universal...
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Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...those works which I had formerly published, as that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays, being retractate and made more...modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupt with books; and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad, as God shall give...
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Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings, Volume 3

Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1891 - 528 pages
...those works which I had formerly published, as that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays being retractate and made more...modern languages will at one time or other play the bankrupt with books ; and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad, as God shall...
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Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings, Volume 3

Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1891 - 530 pages
...published, as that of Advancement of Learning, that of Henry VII., that of the Essays being rctractate and made more perfect, well translated into Latin...modern languages will at one time or other play the bankrupt with books ; and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad, as God shall...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - English language - 1894 - 440 pages
...most set to have those works which I had formerly published . . . well translated into Latin. . . . For these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupts with books." This idea V of the instability of the modern, compared with the ancient, languages grew out of the...
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The History of the English Language

Oliver Farrar Emerson - English language - 1894 - 446 pages
...most set to have those works which I had formerly published . . . well translated into Latin. . . . For these modern languages will, at one time or other, play the bankrupts with books." This idea of the instability of the modern, compared with the ancient, languages grew out of the revival...
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The Eagle, Volumes 23-24

1902 - 940 pages
...Toby Matthew (1623), "My labours are now most set to have those works which I had formerly published., well translated into Latin by the help of some good...modern languages will at one time or other play the bank-rovvtes with books; and since I have lost much time with this age, I would be glad, as God shall...
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The Masters of English Literature

Stephen Lucius Gwynn - Authors, English - 1904 - 452 pages
...and in the same year appeared a Latin translation made under his supervision ; Bacon holding that " these modern languages will at one time or other play the bankrupts with books." The English edition is dedicated to the Duke of Buckingham, and Bacon, or rather Lord St. Albans, was...
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