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" Lambert, the king would not take his life, both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax, that others had tempered and molded ; and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered death, he would be forgotten too soon ; but being kept... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 192
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 6

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...life, both out of magnanimity (taking him but as an image of wax that others had tempered and moulded), and likewise out of wisdom ; thinking that if he suffered...spectacle, and a kind of remedy ' against the like inchantments of people in time to come. For which cause he was taken into service in his court to a...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1860 - 680 pages
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...being kept alive he would be a continual spectacle, and a kind of remedy against the like inchantments of people in time to come. For which cause he was...office in his kitchen ; so that (in a kind of mattacina 2 of human fortune) he turned a broach that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth not bring...
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Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 11

Francis Bacon - 1860 - 488 pages
...being kept alive he would be a continual spectacle, and a kind of remedy against the like inchantments of people in time to come. For which cause he was...base office in his kitchen ; so that (in a kind of mattadna 2 of human fortune) he turned a broach that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...life, both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax that otheis had tempered and moulded, and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered...which cause he was taken into service in his court tii a base office in his kitchen, so that, in a kind of " mattacina'' of human fortune, he turned a...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of ...

Great Britain - 1865 - 708 pages
...life, both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax that others had tempered and moulded, and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered...enchantments of people in time to come. For which causo he was taken into service in his court to a base office in his kitchen, so that, in a kind of...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 2

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...had tempered and moulded ;" and considering that if he was made a continual spectacle, he would be " a kind of remedy against the like enchantments of people in time to come. The priest Simons he shut up in a secret prison, saying he was but a tool, and did not know the depths...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1866 - 704 pages
...life, both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax that others had tempered and moulded, and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered...kitchen, so that, in a kind of " mattacina " of human fortune, he turned a broach that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth not bring in a comedy...
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History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 364 pages
...both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax, that others had tempered and moulded ; and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered...a kind of remedy against the like enchantments of 5 people in time to come. For which cause he was taken into service in his court to a base office in...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...both out of magnanimity, taking him but as an image of wax, that others had tempered and moulded ; and likewise out of wisdom, thinking that if he suffered...kitchen ; so that, in a kind of mattacina of human fortune, he turned a broach, that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth not bring in a comedy...
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