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The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Francis Bacon
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Francis Bacon
SALOMON saies; A good Name is as a precious oyntment; And I assure my selfe, such wil your Graces Name bee, with Posteritie. For your Fortune, and Merit both, have been Eminent. And you have planted Things, that are like to last. I doe now publish my Essayes; which, of all my other workes, have beene most Currant: For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your Name before them, both in English, and in Latine. For I doe conceive, that the Latine Volume of them, (being in the Universall Language) may last, as long as Bookes last. My Instauration, I dedicated to the King: My Historie of Henry the Seventh, (which I have now also translated into Latine) and my Portions of Naturall History, to the Prince: And these I dedicate to your Grace; Being of the best Fruits, that by the good Encrease, which God gives to my Pen and Labours, I could yeeld. God leade your Grace by the Hand. Your Graces most Obliged and faithfull Servant,
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 2 maja 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781770830370 |
Wydawcy | Theophania Publishing |
Strony | 178 |
Wymiary | 150 × 10 × 226 mm · 249 g |
Język | English |
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