 Bacon, and thy lord, was born, and here; Son to the grave, wise Keeper of the Seal, Fame and foundation of the English weal. What then his father was, that since is he, Now with a title more to the degree; England's high Chancellor: the destin'd heir,...  The Book of Table-talk - Page 85by Charles MacFarlane - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Knowledge, Theory of - 1876 - 504 pages
...father Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Sixty years later, Ben Jonson sang of him as 'England's high Chancellor; the destined heir, In his soft cradle, to his father's chair.' His mother, Anne Cooke, whose eldest sister was married to Lord Burleigh, was his father's second wife,... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1878 - 576 pages
...many, all these pray; And so do I. This is the sixtieth year Since Bacon, and thy lord was born, and here Son to the grave wise Keeper of the Seal, Fame...destined heir In his soft cradle to his father's chair; * For another tribute from Jonson to the character of Lord Bacon, lee his Discoveries. The ' ancient... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 pages
...literary reputation, made a strong impression on the poet, if we may judge from those well-known lines : " England's high Chancellor, the destined heir. In his soft cradle, to his father's chair." Whoso even thread the Fates spin round and full Out of their choicest and their whitest wooL" In the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - English essays - 1881 - 386 pages
...literary reputation, made a strong impression on the poet, if we may judge from those well-known lines : " England's high Chancellor, the destined heir, In his soft cradle, to his father's chair, Whose even threads the Fates spin round and full Out of their choicest and their whitest wool." In the intervals... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 pages
...many, all these pray ; And so do I. This is the sixtieth year Since Bacon, and thy lord, was born, and here ; Son to the grave wise Keeper of the Seal —...then his father was, that since is he, Now with a little more to the degree ; England's high Chancellor, the destined heir, In his soft cradle, to his... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1891 - 302 pages
...these pray ; And so do I. This is the sixtieth year Since Bacon, and thy lord was born, and hero ; Son to the grave, wise Keeper of the Seal, Fame and...foundation of the English weal. What then his father was, since is he Now with a title more to the degree ; England's High Chancellor: the destin'd heir. In... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 654 pages
...sixtieth year Since Bacon, and thy lord, was born and here ; Son to the grave, wise Keeper of the SealFame and foundation of the English weal. What then his father was, that since is he, Now with a little more to the degree. England's high Chancellor : the destined heir, In his soft cradle, to his... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 728 pages
...many, all these pray ; And so do I. This is the sixtieth year Since Bacon, and thy lord, was born and here ; Son to the grave, wise Keeper of the Seal — Fame and foundation of the English wea1. What then his father was, that since is he, Now with a little more to the degree. England's high... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1885 - 916 pages
...literary reputation, made a strong impression on the poet, if we may judge from those well-known lines : " Macaulay \VhiiM' i-ven thread the Fates spin round and full Out of their choicest and their whitest wool." In... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1885 - 436 pages
...Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Sixty years later, Ben Jonson sang of him as • England's high Chancellor ; the destined heir, In his soft cradle, to his father's chair.' His mother, Anne Cooke, whose eldest sister was married to Lord Burleigh, was his father's second wife,... | |
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