...BACON", LORD VERULAM. FRANCIS BACON, a great lawyer and statesman, but a much greater philosopher, was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal, which is the same office as that of lord chancellor of England. The son was born at York-house, hi...

...and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place, in the Strand, on the 22d of January, 156O. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under Elizabeth, by Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, a lady eminent for her skill in the Greek and Latin...

...ST: ALBAN, X HIS illustrious man, who has been beautifully called the "Chancellor of Human Nature," was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of queen Elizabeth. Sir Nicholas was a man of great talents, profoundly skilled in the...

...and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place, in the Strand, on the 22d of January, 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under Elizabeth, by Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, a lady eminent for her skill in the Greek and Latin...

...BACON, LORD VERULAM. FRANCIS BACON, a great lawyer and statesman, but a much greater philoso<. pher, was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal, which is the same office as that of lord chancellor of England. The son was born at York-house, in...

...NAME dear to philosophy, though clouded by some meannesses totally unworthy so great a mind. He was son of Sir NICHOLAS BACON, lord keeper of the great seal under queen ELIZABETH ; and shewed such marks of genius while yet very young, that the queen used to call...

...Verulam, viscount of St. Albans, and lord high chancellor of England under James I., was botn in 1560, and was the son of sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal under queen Elizabeth, by Ann, daughter of sir Anthony Cooke, who was eminent for her great proficiency in...

...monks, and jargon-teaching schools, Led forth the true Philosophy, there long Held in the magic chain of words and forms." — THOMSON. Lord Bacon, " the...following inscription, was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord-keeper of the great seal under Elizabeth, who ST. ALBAXS.) LOED BACON — HIS TOMB IN ST. MICHAEL'S....

...and avarice ! This great man was born in York Place, in the Strand, on the 22d of January, 1560. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under Elizabeth, by Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, a lady eminent for her skill in the Greek and Latin...

...successively made Lord High Chancellor of England, Baron Vcrulam, and Viscount St. Albans. FRANCIS BACON was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the great seal, and was born in London on the twenty-second of January 1561. In his childhood he had, from his father's...