 | 1913 - 686 psl.
...Bacon says : — " Myself am like the miller oí Huntingdon, that was »vont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the windmills wrought, and the water-mill was less customed." — EA Abbott, ' Francis Bacon,' 1885, p. 160. Can any one tell me whether the miller was an actual... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 psl.
...matters I "T'te not of; myself am like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace »awngst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills wrought and the water-mill ™ l«8s customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement of In another... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 psl.
...matters I write not of; myself am like the miller of Grancester, that was wont to pray for peace amongst ddenly, the only way is, the interchange continually...they may not know what to expect, and be as it were " In another beautiful letter to Matthew, after confessing his desires to be " that his writings should... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 psl.
...according to your discretion ; other matters I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace among the willows...the approbation of yourself by your own discreet and tem perate carriage, may restore you to your country, and your friends to your society. And so I com... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 486 psl.
...Huntingdon,2 that was wont to pray for peace amongst the 1 Addl. MSS. 5503 fo. 33. ' Grant-ester in Res. willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills...temperate carriage, may restore you to your country, aud your friends to your society. And so I commend you to God's goodness. Gray's- Inn, this 10th of... | |
 | James Spedding - 1880 - 748 psl.
...matters I write not of. Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew,, the wind-mills...towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by yonr own discreet and temperate carriage, may restore you to your country, and your friends to your... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 540 psl.
...more large. . . . Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. Let ine conclude with my perpetual wish towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by your own... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 456 psl.
...I write not of. .My-clf am like the miller of Huntingdon,9 that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills...the advancement of sciences. Let me conclude with ray perpetual wish towards yourself, that the approbation of yourself, by your own discreet and temperate... | |
 | George Walter Steeves - 1910 - 272 psl.
...more large. . . . Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the wind-mills...water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies against religion must hinder the advancement of sciences. Let me conclude with my perpetual wish towards... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1920 - 544 psl.
...his scheme. He likens himself to the miller of Huntingdon " that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew, the windmills...religion must hinder the advancement of sciences." 2 Scientific investigators work, as a rule, on facts and observations they collect. Bacon urged them... | |
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Myself am like the miller of Huntingdon, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows ; for while the winds blew,, the wind-mills wrought, and the water-mill was less customed. So I see that controversies of religion must hinder the advancement... 
