 I do confess, since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done; and in absence are many errors, which I do willingly acknowledge ; and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by...  Fraser's Magazine - 309. oldal1878Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Ely Bates - 1804 - 422 oldal
...error," says Lord Bacon, in a letter to Sir Thomas Bodley, " has been, that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a...nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind." Thus was this eminent genius, who was born for the advancement of learning and religion, lured... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 oldal
...acknowledge; and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play...nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore callingmyself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 oldal
...acknowledge ; and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play...by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of mymind. Therefore callingmyself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof likewise I desire... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 472 oldal
...acknowledge ; and amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a...nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. - Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself: whereof likewise likewise... | |
 | 1822 - 386 oldal
...acknowledge ; and amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest, that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a...nature, and more unfit by the pre-occupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof, likewise, I desire... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 oldal
..." than for the life I have of late led. Nature has not fitted me for that; knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part." BUFFON, who consumed his mornings in his old tower of Montbar, at the end of his garden, with all nature... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 oldal
...acknowledge ; and, amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play...nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, whereof likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 oldal
...acknowledge, and amongst the rest, this great one, which led the rest, that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a...which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by pre-occupation of mind." His consciousness of the wanderings of his mind made him run into affairs... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 oldal
...acknowledge ; and amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play...nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Therefore, calling myself home, I have now for a time enjoyed myself, where likewise I desire... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 oldal
...acknowledge ; and amongst the rest, this great one that led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes j for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind. Tennison... | |
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