Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 759
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. 759 LORD BACON . ( JULY , 1837. ) The Works of Francis Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England . A new Edition . By BASIL MONTAGU , Esq . 16 vols . 8vo . London : 1825-1834 . WE return our hearty ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. 759 LORD BACON . ( JULY , 1837. ) The Works of Francis Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England . A new Edition . By BASIL MONTAGU , Esq . 16 vols . 8vo . London : 1825-1834 . WE return our hearty ...
Page 760
... Bacon , one of the idola tribus . Hence it is that the moral character of a man eminent in letters or in the fine arts is treated , often by con- temporaries , almost always by posterity , with extra- ordinary tenderness . The world ...
... Bacon , one of the idola tribus . Hence it is that the moral character of a man eminent in letters or in the fine arts is treated , often by con- temporaries , almost always by posterity , with extra- ordinary tenderness . The world ...
Page 764
... Bacon was an emi- nently virtuous man . From the tree Mr. Montagu judges of the fruit . He is forced to relate many actions which , if any man but Bacon had committed them , nobody would have dreamed of defending , actions which are ...
... Bacon was an emi- nently virtuous man . From the tree Mr. Montagu judges of the fruit . He is forced to relate many actions which , if any man but Bacon had committed them , nobody would have dreamed of defending , actions which are ...
Page 770
... Bacon in- scribed over the entrance of his hall at Gorhambury , Mediocria firma . This maxim was constantly borne in ... Bacon was generally considered as ranking next to Burleigh . He was called by Camden " Sacris conciliis alterum ...
... Bacon in- scribed over the entrance of his hall at Gorhambury , Mediocria firma . This maxim was constantly borne in ... Bacon was generally considered as ranking next to Burleigh . He was called by Camden " Sacris conciliis alterum ...
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