The Works of Francis Bacon
Subtitle: Volume 9. The Letters and the Life. II
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: September 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781402108020
Subjects: Bacon,Works,Letters,Life,speeches,tracts,state papers,memorials,devices,writings,philosophical,literary,commentary,biographical,historical,Spedding; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Religion / Bible / Biography / General
First sentence: SO enormous were the results which Bacon anticipated from such a renovation of Philosophy as he had conceived the possibility of, that the reluctance which he felt to devote his life to the ordinary practice of a lawyer cannot be wondered at.