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... nature of the offence of which Peacham had been guilty . This delicate task was confided to Bacon , who applied all his art to win over the chief justice . Coke replied , " that such auricular taking of opinions was not according to the ...
... nature of the offence of which Peacham had been guilty . This delicate task was confided to Bacon , who applied all his art to win over the chief justice . Coke replied , " that such auricular taking of opinions was not according to the ...
Page 348
... nature , if he was the faithful viceroy of an empire wrested in blood from the people to whom God and nature had given it ; — he may and must have preserved that unjust dominion over timorous and abject nations by a terrifying , over ...
... nature , if he was the faithful viceroy of an empire wrested in blood from the people to whom God and nature had given it ; — he may and must have preserved that unjust dominion over timorous and abject nations by a terrifying , over ...
Page 387
... nature to look for its reward in honours meanly earned at the expense of integrity . It cannot be doubted , that many occasions occurred to him of bartering his political character for place or for emolument ; but , un- dazzled by false ...
... nature to look for its reward in honours meanly earned at the expense of integrity . It cannot be doubted , that many occasions occurred to him of bartering his political character for place or for emolument ; but , un- dazzled by false ...
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