The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... Bacon , the celebrated lawyer and statesman , who for twenty years of Elizabeth's reign held the seals as lord keeper . His mother , the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , formerly tutor to Edward VI ...
... Bacon , the celebrated lawyer and statesman , who for twenty years of Elizabeth's reign held the seals as lord keeper . His mother , the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , formerly tutor to Edward VI ...
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... Bacon's life . His qualifications for accomplishing the task he thus set before him were not small . His intellect was far - seeing and acute , quick and yet cautious , meditative , methodical , and free from prejudice . If we add to ...
... Bacon's life . His qualifications for accomplishing the task he thus set before him were not small . His intellect was far - seeing and acute , quick and yet cautious , meditative , methodical , and free from prejudice . If we add to ...
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... Bacon became a candidate for the office , his most formidable rival being his life - long antagonist , Coke , who was then solicitor . Essex warmly espoused Bacon's cause , and earnestly pressed his claims upon the queen ; but his ...
... Bacon became a candidate for the office , his most formidable rival being his life - long antagonist , Coke , who was then solicitor . Essex warmly espoused Bacon's cause , and earnestly pressed his claims upon the queen ; but his ...
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... Bacon , as one of her majesty's counsel , was present on the occasion . Coke , who was principal spokesman , managed the case with great want of skill , incessantly allowing the thread of the evidence to escape , and giving the ...
... Bacon , as one of her majesty's counsel , was present on the occasion . Coke , who was principal spokesman , managed the case with great want of skill , incessantly allowing the thread of the evidence to escape , and giving the ...
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... Bacon in these discussions ; his name generally appears as the reporter of the committees on special subjects . We can occasionally , however , discern traces of his tact and remarkable prudence ; and , on the whole , his attitude , par ...
... Bacon in these discussions ; his name generally appears as the reporter of the committees on special subjects . We can occasionally , however , discern traces of his tact and remarkable prudence ; and , on the whole , his attitude , par ...
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