 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But afterwards, proving adainty and effeminate youth, he was commonly called by the...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Tournay. Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But afterwards, proving adainty and effeminate youth, he was commonly called by the...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Tournay. Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...called by the diminutive of his name,Peterkin, or Perkin. For as for the name of Warbeck, it was gixen him when they did but guess at it, before examinations...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Toumay. Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...religious nobleness, because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Tournay. . Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1825 - 540 pages
...religious nobleness, because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Tournay. Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 682 pages
...godfather to his child, and named him Peter,, But afterwards, proving a dainty and effeminate youtn, he was commonly called by the diminutive of his name,...stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child, his parents returned with him to Tournay. Then was he placed in a house... | |
 | Archaeology - 1838 - 570 pages
...irreconcileable, for as Lord Bacon says, " for the name of ff^arbeck, it was given him when they did but guesse at it, before examinations had been taken, but yet he had been so much talked on by that name, as it stucke by him after his true name of Osbeck was known ; " ' and there is no reason why Perkin's father... | |
 | Authors - 1845 - 762 pages
...religious nobleness, because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But...time, of King Edward having been the boy's godfather, "which,"' he says, " as it is somewhat suspicious for a wanton prince to become gossip [that is, spiritual... | |
 | 1845 - 364 pages
...religious nobleness, because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honour to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But...time, of King Edward having been the boy's godfather, " which," he says, " as it is somewhat suspicious for a wanton prince to become gossip [that is, spiritual... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...religious nobleness because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honour to be god-father to his child, and named him Peter. But...had been taken. But yet he had been so much talked of by that name, as it stuck by him after his true name of Osbeck was known. While he was a young child,... | |
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... to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter. But afterwards, proving a dainty and effeminate youth, he was commonly called by the diminutive of his name, Peterkin, or Perkin. For as for the name of Warbeck, it was given him when they did but... 
