 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 206by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Biography - 1857 - 426 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 truth, which, he said, lay so deep." — (Calaba, p. 18. Bacon's Works, Vol. XII. p. 6, 7, Montagu's edit.) • the royal displeasure ;... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 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 lies so deep." r " This last request I find it more necessary for me to make, because, though I am... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 628 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...your lordship which is truest; and to your lordship's juod nature, in retaining nothing from you. And «ven so, I wish your lordship all happiness, and to... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...office of gain, that shall he executed by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and hecotnt some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of...truth, which, he said, lay so deep. This which I have wrtt unto your lordship, is rather thoughts than words, heing set down without all art, disguising,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophers - 1861 - 446 pages
...by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioner in that mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep....down without all art, disguising, or reservation. \V herein I have done honour both to your Lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1862 - 466 pages
...by deputy, and so give over all care of service, and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioner in that mine of truth, which (he said) lay so deep....down without all art, disguising, or reservation. "W herein I have done honour both to your Lordship's wisdom, in judging that that will be best believed... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...Works ( I'hik.l. ), II. 323. » Works (Boston), XI. 360. And again he says, — ^— "and become some sorry book-maker, or a true pioneer in that mine of truth, which, he said, lay so deep." :l And again, in this History, speaking of the conditional treason of Sir William Stanley, who had... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Biography - 1867 - 370 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 truth which lies so deep." With the noble confidence of genius, he felt what high achievements were within the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 678 pages
...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...Thoughts, than Words, being set down without all Art, Disguizing, or Reservation. Wherein I have done honour, both to your Lordships Wisdom, in judging,... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1875 - 98 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...which, he said, lay so deep. This which I have writ your Lordship , is rather thoughts than words, being set down without all art, disguising or reservation".6)... | |
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