Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 313
... appeared utterly hopeless . A thousand signs , legible to eyes far less keen than his , announced that the fall of his patron was at hand . He shaped his course accordingly . When Essex was brought before the council to answer for his ...
... appeared utterly hopeless . A thousand signs , legible to eyes far less keen than his , announced that the fall of his patron was at hand . He shaped his course accordingly . When Essex was brought before the council to answer for his ...
Page 325
... appeared in 1605. The Wisdom of the Ancients , a work which , if it had proceeded from any other writer , would have been considered as a masterpiece of wit and learning , but which adds little to the fame of Bacon , was printed in 1609 ...
... appeared in 1605. The Wisdom of the Ancients , a work which , if it had proceeded from any other writer , would have been considered as a masterpiece of wit and learning , but which adds little to the fame of Bacon , was printed in 1609 ...
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... appeared to form a volume . Ten thousand copies of each volume were immediately taken off , and new editions were ... appeared in a tempest of faction . The original plan was bad . Addison contributed nothing till sixty - six numbers had ...
... appeared to form a volume . Ten thousand copies of each volume were immediately taken off , and new editions were ... appeared in a tempest of faction . The original plan was bad . Addison contributed nothing till sixty - six numbers had ...
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