 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 sider
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service . which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. 1 be word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 sider
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service, which is the cause that hath made me chnse to write ing, as well amongst" him, as he lay along Under...place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter arc but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. "£ This invaluable... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 864 sider
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write to serve you, else life is but the shadow of death to Your Majesty's most devoted serv " Essaye." The word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 428 sider
...school of Montaigne, though their title may lead us to suspect that they were in some measure suggested by that most popular writer. The first edition, containing...curiously, which I have called Essays. The word is later but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 sider
...affairs nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...but the thing is ancient; for Seneca's Epistles to |л ,ci | ins- if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dispersed meditations though conveyed... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 sider
...notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, *hich I have called Essays. The word is late, lut the thing is ancient; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dis[«•rsod meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles." ф This invaluable 4l>rk, in a... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 sider
...curiously, •'•"h I have called Essays. The word is late, l>ut the thing is ancient; for V'ia's Epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are but essays, that is, dis• '-••) meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles." ± This invaluable r*. in a... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 sider
...brief notes, set down rather significantly than anxiously." " The word," he continues, " is late, hut the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well, are hut Essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of" Epistles." As for the present... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 sider
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write all." ppistles. These labours of mine I know cannot be worthy of your Highness ; for what can be worthy of... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1852 - 278 sider
...the writer, and leisure in the reader ; . . . which is the cause which hath made me choose to write certain brief notes set down rather significantly...Essays. The word is late, but the thing is ancient." From these words, and others which I have omitted in the quotation, we further gather that little as... | |
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Highness' princely affairs, nor in regard of my continual services ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. The word is late, but the thing is... 
