He was a prince sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations, and full of notes and memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons. As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to inquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies,... A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Stran 292avtor: George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Markku Peltonen - 1996 - 406 strani
...articles, respectively to his questions"; he employed "secret spials" both at home and abroad; he was "sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations;...memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons" (VI, 241, 243). But the result of Henry's suspicions and his diligent collections of information is... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1998 - 340 strani
...the second in good measure; and so little of the first as he was beholding* to the other two. He was a Prince, sad*, serious, and full of thoughts and...were the factions, and the like; keeping (as it were) a journal* of his thoughts.* There is to this day a merry tale that his monkey (set* on as it was thought... | |
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