 I do willingly acknowledge ; and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes; for which I was not very fit by nature, and...  An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon - Página 640por James Spedding - 1878 - 721 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Ely Bates - 1804 - 422 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind." Thus was this eminent genius, who was born for the advancement of learning and religion,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 páginas
...to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes ; for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore callingmyself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof likewise I desire... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 468 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes ; for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself: whereof likewise <=&•... | |
 | 1822 - 386 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the pre-occupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof, likewise, I... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 426 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the pre-occupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof, likewise, I... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes; for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, where likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 páginas
...calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, where likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 páginas
...to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes j for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Tennison says, To the like purpose in a MS. letter to the Lord Chancellor Egerton, which I... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 páginas
...to hold a book than to play a part. ' I have led my life,' he said, ' in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the pre-occupation of my mind.* ' Though • Bacon's Works, vol. 12, p. 82; and see p. 44. . HIS LIFE AND WORKS. 9l engaged... | |
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