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" Anaxagoras did, who reduced himself with contemplation unto voluntary poverty.: but this I will do; I will sell the inheritance that I have, and purchase some lease of quick revenue, or some office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give... "
The works of Francis Bacon - Page 206
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
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The Mystery of Francis Bacon

William Thomas Smedley - 1912 - 216 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service and become some sorry bookmaker, or a true pioneer in that mine of...which he said lay so deep. This which I have writ to your Lordship is rather thoughts than words, being set down without all art, disguising or reservation."...
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The Warner Library, Volume 2

Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - Literature - 1917 - 698 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of...art, disguising, or reservation. Wherein I have done honor both to your Lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed of your Lordship which...
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The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose ...

Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of sendee, and become some the liberticide, Trampled and mocked with many a loathed rite Of lust and blood honor both to your Lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed of your Lordship which...
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English Prose: From the sixteenth century to the restoration

Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1920 - 620 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of...without all art, disguising, or reservation. Wherein J have done honour both to your lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed of your...
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book IV. England. book V. Philosophy and science

Henry Osborn Taylor - Europe - 1920 - 460 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by a deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep."• In this letter Bacon already has in mind the kinds of empty headed disputers, followers of tradition,...
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Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century: book IV. England. book V ...

Henry Osborn Taylor - Europe - 1920 - 448 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by a deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep."8 In this letter Bacon already has in mind the kinds of empty headed disputers, followers of...
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Sir Francis Bacon: Poet, Philosopher, Statesman, Lawyer, Wit

Parker Woodward - English literature - 1920 - 182 pages
...should sell what he had and give up all care of service (meaning service to the Queen), and become some sorry bookmaker or a true pioneer in that mine of truth which (Anaxagoras) said lay so deep. This letter was written from Gray's Inn. Note how carefully he assured...
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Bacon

Richard William Church - Statesmen - 1920 - 242 pages
...executed by deputy, and so give over all c service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioner i: mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep. This which I writ unto your Lordship is rather thoughts than words, beir down without all art, disguising, or reservation....
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Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Nashe

Edward George Harman - Authors, English - 1923 - 296 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep." Nothing about the Bar here ! And to write books would be to Burghley's mind a contemptible occupation....
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Elizabethan Verse and Prose (non-dramatic)

George Reuben Potter - English literature - 1928 - 640 pages
...office of gain that shall be executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of...art, disguising, or reservation. Wherein I have done honor both to your Lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed of your Lordship which...
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