...of rhetoric with which his works are bestrewed strike their roots down into hawking and hunting. " I have heard him entertain a country lord in the proper...hawks and dogs ; and at another time outcant a London chirurgeon." — Francis Osborn. "In conversation he [Bacon] could assume the most different characters,...

...information on all subjects was astonishing. "I have heard him," says Osborne, in his "Advice to his Son," " entertain a country lord in the proper terms relating...hawks and dogs, and at another time out-cant a London chirurgeon." Of money, he said, it was like manure, of no use till it was spread. Sometimes he would...

...information on all subjects was astonishing. "I have heard him," says Osborne, in his "Advice to his Son," " entertain a country lord in the proper terms relating...hawks and dogs, and at another time out-cant a London chirurgeon." Of money, he said, it was like manure, of no use till it was spread. Sometimes he would...

...in - those arts entertained for the subject of everyone's discourse,' relates that he himself had ' heard him entertain a country lord in the proper terms...hawks and dogs, and at another time outcant a London chirurgeon.' As a matter of fact the works of Bacon are as full of allusions to sport as the plays...

...master, in those arts entertained for the subject of everyone's discourse,' relates that he himself had ' heard him entertain a country lord in the proper terms relating to hawks and NOTE C Of Money in the time of Shakespeare SOUTHAMPTON'S alleged present of a thousand pounds suggests...

...versatility Bacon took all knowledge for his province. " I have heard him," Francis Osborne wrote, " entertain a country lord in the proper terms relating...hawks and dogs ; and at another time outcant a London chirurgeon." He was, Sir Tobie Matthew wrote, " a creature of incomparable abilities of mind, of a...

...only by use and treating with every man in his respective profession, and which lie was most versed in. "So as I have heard him entertain a country lord...hawks and dogs, and at another time outcant a London chirurgeon. Thus he did not only learn himself, but gratify such as taught him, who looked upon their...

...habit concealed every appearance of art." His friend Osborne speaks in still more striking terms : " I have heard him entertain a country lord in the proper...hawks and dogs ; and at another time out-cant a London chirurgeon." The same gift was manifest in letters which he wrote in the name of others. Of these letters...

...only by use, and treating with every man in his respective profession, and what he was most versed in. So as I have heard him entertain a Country Lord...Hawks and Dogs, and at another time out-Cant a London Chirurgeon. Thus he did not only learn himself, but gratify such as taught him, who looked upon their...

...treating with every man in his respective profession, and what he was most vers'd in. So as have I heard him entertain a Country Lord in the proper terms...Hawks and Dogs, and at another time out-cant a London Chirurgeon, thus did he not only learn himself, but gratifie such as taught him ; who looked upon their...