...maintain memory and merit of the times fucceeding. Laftly, 'for this divulged and almoft prottituted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your Honour's mean, be content to have-it, both becaufe of this late difgrace, and becaufe I have three new knights in my mefs in Gray's...

...her service was a kind of freehold, and it was a more solemn time. All those points agreed with my nature and judgment. My ambition now I shall only...times succeeding. Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostitHted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have...

...address to noblemen. So, in a Letter written by Sir Francis Bacon to Robert, lord Cecil, July 3, 1603 : " Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostituted title...charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have it — .'.' Birch's Collection, p. 24. M ALONE. 3 — hopeful expectation.] Lord Southampton was but twenty...

...business, on the accession of James I., when he was remaining in his solitude at Gray's Inn. He says, " My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall be able to obtain memory and merit of the times succeeding." In a private letter that accompanied the public dedication...

...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, " My ambition now I shall only put upon my PEN, whereby...maintain memory and merit, of THE TIMES SUCCEEDING." And many years after when he had finally quitted public life, he told the king, " I would live to study,...

...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, ' My ambition now I shall only put upon MY PEN, whereby...maintain memory and merit, of THE TIMES SUCCEEDING.' And many years after when he had finally quitted public life, he told the king, ' I would live to study,...

...her service was a kind of freehold, and it was a more solemn time. All those points agreed with my nature and judgment. My ambition now I shall only...maintain memory and merit of the times succeeding.'* But this was not his only ambition. In Bacon's breast there were two antagonist principles struggling...

...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, ' My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall be able to ma mm m memory and merit, of the times succeeding,1 Anil manr ream after when he had finally quitted...

...resolution to devote Bacon's himself for the rest of his days to philosophy, saying : — " My anxie'y ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall knighted, be able to maintain memory and merit of the times succeeding." f But in reality a ludicrous...

...that he had formed a resolution to devote himself for the rest of his days to philosophy, saying: — "My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby...maintain memory and merit of the^ times succeeding. "J But in reality a ludicrous anxiety had entered the mind of the great Bacon — that he might be...