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" His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many... "
Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature - Page 164
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
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The Cambridge History of English Literature: Cavalier and Puritan

Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1911 - 578 pages
...endowment of science. We are told that ' his lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ' ; but, unfortunately, he preferred to work at his natural history, so that we learn nothing about the government...
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Seven Sages of Durham

George William Kitchin - 1911 - 310 pages
...imitated in all things. ..." His Lordship," he adds, " thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of Laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth." To this day we have all been yearning for so excellent a way of life and manner of research and fruit...
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New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 1919 - 138 pages
...science was a timorous politician and wearily (or warily) dropped his pen before he had composed ' a [frame of laws or of the best state or mould of a Commonwealth.' Enough however had been written to make the New Atlantis a notable work : notable for its power of...
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A History of English Philosophy

William Ritchie Sorley - 1920 - 418 pages
...endowment of science. We are told that " his lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth"; but, unfortunately, he preferred to work at his natural history, so that we learn nothing about the government...
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A History of British Philosophy to 1900

1994 - 412 pages
...endowment of science. We are told that " his lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth"; but, unfortunately, he preferred to work at his natural history, so that we learn nothing about the government...
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Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy

Stephen Gaukroger - 2001 - 270 pages
...philosopher. In his Preface to New Atlantis, Rawley points out that Bacon had originally intended to include 'a frame of Laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth.'65 Such questions, as well as morality, civil philosophy, and the control of the passions...
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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis: New Interdisciplinary Essays

Bronwen Price - 2002 - 226 pages
...are within men's power to effect. His Lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of Laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the Natural History diverted him, which...
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Idioms of Self-interest: Credit, Identity, and Property in English ...

Jill Phillips Ingram - 2006 - 196 pages
...are within men's power to effect. His Lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of Laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth; but foreseeing that it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the Natural History diverted him."10...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pages
...are within men's power to effect. His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the Natural History diverted him, which...
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The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 2001 - 136 pages
...science was a timorous politician and wearily (or warily) dropped his pen before he had composed ' a frame of laws or of the best state or mould of a Commonwealth.' Enough however had been written to make the New Atlantis a notable work : notable for its power of...
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