Personal History of Lord Bacon: From Unpublished Papers

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J. Murray, 1861 - Philosophers - 388 pages

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Page 5 - BRAY'S (MRS.) Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Page 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. — Salmonia ; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEORGE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria ; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Page 291 - I was the justest judge that was in England these fifty years. But it was the justest censure in Parliament that was these two hundred years.
Page 21 - LIVINGSTONE'S SOUTH AFRICA. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ; including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loando on the West Coast ; thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to, the Eastern Ocean.
Page 21 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Page 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Page 22 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Page 237 - Says, although that at your sight He must all his torches light; Though your either cheek discloses Mingled baths of milk and roses, Though your lips be banks of blisses Where he plants and gathers kisses, And yourself the reason why, Wisest men for love may die; You will turn all hearts to tinder, And shall make the world one cinder. And the Lady ELIZABETH HATTON'S ly the 5 Gip. Mistress of a fairer table Hath no history nor fable : Others' fortunes may be shown, You are builder of your own.
Page 288 - I stopped at the seal, I never took penny for any commission or things of that nature, I never shared with any servant for any second or inferior profit.
Page 21 - LINDSAY'S (LORD) Lives of the Lindsays ; or, a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres.

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