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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...'too great power.' Cicero uses the word solecism in a similar way. 'It is a solecism,' he says, 'to laud tyrant-slayers to the skies, and yet to retain the acts of tyrants.' The word originally meant an absurd linguistic mistake; hence an absurd mistake of any kind. The old derivation connected it with the supposed provincialism of some Greek colonists at Soli in Cilicia. Aristotle uses it of bad taste. 60 Second nobles: So in Life, vi. 1ta, thegentry are distinguished from the peers, and called 'second nobles.' 67 Embracing-: Lat. 'attrahendo,' drawing to themselves. 68 Approaches: (since it is distinguished from 'increase of territory') would appear to mean 'approaching the frontier with an army,' or 'fortifying towns on the frontier.' 77 Interest: i.e. 'Borrcw immediate peace at the cost of great ultimate loss.' This passage is found nearly word for word in Life, vol. »ii. 477, Considerations touching a war with Spain, 1624 A.D. 78 l.t-ag-ne: In 1480 A.D. 82 Schoolmen: See Essay xvil. 27. 88 IE Usiiuu1: Augustus. The accusation is mentioned by Dio Cassius, lvi. 30 (W.) 89 Holyman: the Magnificent; reigned 1520 A.d. to 1566 A.D. His eldest son, Mustapha, was put to death at instigation of the prince's stepmother Roxalana, who wished to secure the succession for one of her sons. Another son, Bayezid, rebelled, and was executed by Soliman, who was succeeded by Selim II., mentioned 1. 104, below. P. 66. 92 His: for 's; see Sh. Grammar, Par. 217; that added for connection, lb. Par. 285. 96 Ailvoutremies: Adulteresses. Advov.try and Avowtry (old Fr. avoutrie) are quoted by Nares from old plays. The d appears to have been a recent introduction, going back to the Latin form, adulterium; so that advowtry blends the French form without d, and the Latin form w...
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About the Author
Francis Bacon was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1909. He emerged as one of the leading painters of the 20th century during the 40s and 50s. Bacon expanded the possibilities of figurative art with a bold, expressionistic style at a time when abstraction was the dominant mode. He was also one of the first artists to depict overtly homosexual themes. He stands as a towering figure in 20th-century art, having established a huge influence on younger generations of painters. He died in 1992.
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