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1623
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1627
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
achievements
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acquainted
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activity
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actual
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
any
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apace
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approximations
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
aspirations
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Atlantis
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
author's
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
Bacon
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
Bacon's
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No reader acquainted in any degree with the processes and results of modern scientific inquiry can fail to be struck by the numerous approximations made by Bacon's imagination to the actual achievements of modern times.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
Bensalem
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No reader acquainted in any degree with the processes and results of modern scientific inquiry can fail to be struck by the numerous approximations made by Bacon's imagination to the actual achievements of modern times.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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characteristic
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
commonwealth
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country
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
death
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
degree
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desired
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
dignity
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
Dr
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
enlightenment
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
executor
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
fail
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fall
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followed
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fragmentnounUS /ˈfræɡ.mənt/
A small part broken or separated off something larger.
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
future
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
generosity
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
gives
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From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
hoped
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
House
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
human
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
ideal
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imagination
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
indulging
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
inhabitants
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
inquiry
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
knowledge
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
literary
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
made
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modern
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New
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No reader acquainted in any degree with the processes and results of modern scientific inquiry can fail to be struck by the numerous approximations made by Bacon's imagination to the actual achievements of modern times.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
numerous
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
own
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
period
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picture
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piety
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
plan
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political
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processes
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propheticadjectiveUS /prəˈfɛtɪk/
suggesting what will happen in the future
From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
public
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published
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
qualities
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
rather
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
reader
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represent
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
restriction
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
results
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Rowley
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
scientific
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scientist
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
see
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
seems
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From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
Solomon's
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
spirit
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
statesman
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No reader acquainted in any degree with the processes and results of modern scientific inquiry can fail to be struck by the numerous approximations made by Bacon's imagination to the actual achievements of modern times.
tastes
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From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
times
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
vision
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From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
vivid
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From this reading None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No reader acquainted in any degree with the processes and results of modern scientific inquiry can fail to be struck by the numerous approximations made by Bacon's imagination to the actual achievements of modern times.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
writings
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written
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From this reading It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall.
year
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From this reading Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death.
