The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works: Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, Memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writings Not Already Printed Among His Philosophical, Literary, Or Professional Works, Volume 6Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1872 - English letters |
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... command , first by word , and since by your letters , I have chosen rather to show my obedience than to dispute the danger of discovering my weakness in adventuring to give advice in a subject too high for But I know I commit it to the ...
... command , first by word , and since by your letters , I have chosen rather to show my obedience than to dispute the danger of discovering my weakness in adventuring to give advice in a subject too high for But I know I commit it to the ...
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... command , either by sea or by land , not to be laid by , as persons unneces- 1 So in the original . Should it not be " privy " ? 2 So in the original . It should apparently be " In the . " 3 The end of the parenthesis is not marked in ...
... command , either by sea or by land , not to be laid by , as persons unneces- 1 So in the original . Should it not be " privy " ? 2 So in the original . It should apparently be " In the . " 3 The end of the parenthesis is not marked in ...
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... commands unto me ; and yet the matter is of that nature , that I find myself very unable to serve you therein as you desire . It hath pleased the King to cast an extraordinary eye of favour upon you , and you express yourself very ...
... commands unto me ; and yet the matter is of that nature , that I find myself very unable to serve you therein as you desire . It hath pleased the King to cast an extraordinary eye of favour upon you , and you express yourself very ...
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... command . 3. After the place is made choice of , the first step must be to make choice of a good governor ; who ( though he have not the name ) yet he must have the power of a Viceroy ; and if that person who principally moved in that ...
... command . 3. After the place is made choice of , the first step must be to make choice of a good governor ; who ( though he have not the name ) yet he must have the power of a Viceroy ; and if that person who principally moved in that ...
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... command are greater . Instead of a single councillor to urge , and a single king with an empty exchequer to provide means , we have now all the highest officers of State and Law , with the full support of both houses of Parliament , of ...
... command are greater . Instead of a single councillor to urge , and a single king with an empty exchequer to provide means , we have now all the highest officers of State and Law , with the full support of both houses of Parliament , of ...
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Page 209 - ... made even with the business of the kingdom for common justice ; not one cause unheard; the lawyers drawn dry of all the motions they were to make; not one petition unanswered. And this, I think, could not be said in our age before. This I speak not out of ostentation, but out of gladness when I have done my duty. I know men think I cannot continue, if I should thus oppress myself with business : but that account is made. The duties of life are more than life ; and, if I die now, I shall die before...
Page 388 - Know ye, that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant...
Page 245 - Coke at the council table both for that and other causes, we never took upon us such a patrociny of Sir Edward Coke, as if he were a man not to be meddled withal in any case, for whatsoever you did against him by our employment and commandment, we ever allowed it and still do for good service on your part ; de bonis operibus non lapidamus vos...
Page 372 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Page 70 - And I do assure your majesty, I am in good hope, that when Sir Edward Coke's Reports, and my rules and decisions shall come to posterity, there will be, whatsoever i^s now thought, question, who was the greater lawyer1?
Page 65 - I say no more, but that, to give every man his due, had it not been for Sir Edward Coke's Reports, (which, though they may have errors, and some peremptory and extra-jndicial resolutions more than are warranted; yet, they contain infinite good decisions, and rulings over of cases,) the law, by this time, had been almost like a ship without ballast; for that the cases of modern experience are fled from those that are adjudged and ruled in former time.
Page 94 - Council table to remove him, yet gave him this testimony, that he thought him no way corrupt but a good justicer, with so many other good words as if he meant to hang him with a silken halter.
Page 237 - His single misfortune was (which indeed was productive of many greater), that he never made a noble and a worthy friendship with a man so near his equal, that he would frankly advise him for his honour and true interest, against the current, or rather the torrent, of his impetuous...
Page 224 - ... in it, till your Lordship's return : and this the rather, for that (besides the inconvenience of the matter itself) it hath been carried so harshly and inconsiderately by Secretary Winwood, as for doubt that the father should take away the maiden by force, the mother, to get the start, hath conveyed her away secretly ; which is ill of all sides.
Page 438 - ... becoming severity, that the peace of the world may be maintained. For in vain would nations in their collective capacity observe these universal rules, if private subjects were at liberty to break them at their own discretion, and involve the two states in a war. It is therefore incumbent upon the nation injured, first to demand satisfaction and justice to be done on the offender, by the state to which he belongs ; and, if that be refused or neglected, the sovereign then avows himself an accomplice...