Hi,
Have you looked at Project Gutenberg. It may or may not include this
quote, but there are four books by Francis Bacon on the site so it might
be worth a look. They are downloadable and searchable. The books
listed are
* The Advancement of Learning <http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5500>
(English)
* Essays of Francis Bacon <http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/575> (English)
* New Atlantis <http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2434> (English)
* Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature
<http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3290> (English)
Hope you find it.
Cheers,
Jacquie
lynne wrote:
>Apologies for asking for help with a reference enquiry, but we are
>really stuck on this on. We've been asked to find the source of the
>following quote by Francis Bacon:
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>"heaping up of laws without digesting them maketh but a chaos and
>confusion and turneth the laws many times to become but snares for the
>people"
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>I have found it on the internet, in a law reform paper and also a
>speech, but with no citation giving the original source. We have looked
>at "The works of Francis Bacon" 7 vols. Searched all the quotations
>books we can find, but had no luck.
>If anyone can help with this we would be extremely grateful.
>Many thanks,
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>Lynne Cobine
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