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" For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age. "
Curiosities of Literature - Page 40
by Isaac Disraeli - 1807
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 6

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 pages
...understand those striking words which have been often quoted, but which we must quote once more : " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." His confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 7

Francis Bacon - 1874 - 672 pages
...old Verulam. I would have the charge of my funeral not to exceed three hundred pounds at the most. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages. But as to that durable part of my memory, which consisteth in my works and writings, I desire my executors,...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 7

Francis Bacon - 1874 - 758 pages
...old Verulam. I would have the charge of my funeral not to exceed three hundred pounds at the most. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the uext ages. But as to that durable part of my memory, which consisteth in my works and writings, I desire...
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A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 pages
...Elizabeth but on the age of the Restoration. " For my name and memory," he said at the close of his life, " I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next age." It was to the "next age" too that, in spite of the general sense of his wisdom and ability, the...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...continued.] The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as pure as before.1 Ibid. Booh ii. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages. From his Will. RICHARD ALLISON. There is a garden in her...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

1903 - 1186 pages
...ibid. What then remains but that we still should cry For being born, and, being born, to die ? * ibid. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages. From hit Will. My Lord St. Albans said that Nature did never...
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English Literature: From the age of Henry VIII to the age of Milton, by ...

Richard Garnett - 1903 - 468 pages
...the goods of this world. A few months previously he had written in his will the oft-quoted words : " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches and to foreign nations and the next ages." As an author, Bacon is a representative of his age, but surpasses it where it is strongest, and avoids...
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From the age of Henry VIII to the age of Milton

Richard Garnett - 1903 - 466 pages
...the goods of this world. A few months previously he had written in his will the oft-quoted words : " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches and to foreign nations and the next ages." As an author, Bacon is a representative of his age, but surpasses it where it is strongest, and avoids...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ..., Volume 2

John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 pages
...from which he died within a few days. In his last will and testament he says, with proud humility: "For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." The works of Bacon are numerous and cover a wide range of topics. The best edition...
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Baconiana

1904 - 294 pages
...town Bacon is but a name, vaguely associated with Gorhambury and some system of philosophy. He says, " For my name and memory I leave it to men's charitable...speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages " To Albanians this name and memory shculd be a precious heritage to be rescued at all hazards from...
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