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 5Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1869 |
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Page 158 - This is the glory of the saints, much like the temporal authority that the Pope challengeth over princes.
Page 15 - Grace offered to the houses, was " an act giving authority to certain Commissioners to review the state of penal laws, to the end that such as are obsolete and snaring may be repealed, and such as are fit to continue and concern one matter may be reduced respectively into one clear form of law.
Page 243 - ... in chief, and not how, for the passages. I do presume, also, in respect of my father's memory, and that I have been always gracious in the Lower House, I have interest in the gentlemen of England, and shall be able to do some good effect, in rectifying that body of Parliament men, which is
Page 278 - ... presumptions. For certainly there may be an evidence so balanced, as it may have sufficient matter for the conscience of the peers to convict him, and yet leave sufficient matter in the conscience of a king upon the same evidence to pardon his life; because the peers are astringed by necessity either to acquit or condemn ; but grace is free: arid for my part, I think the evidence in this present case will be of such a nature.
Page 75 - It is not to be denied, that there were, in all those parliaments, especially in that of the fourth year, several passages, and distempered speeches of particular persons, not fit for the dignity and honour of those places, and unsuitable to the reverence due to his majesty and his councils. But I do not know any formed act of either house (for neither the remonstrance...
Page 242 - I pray Your Majesty, in all humbleness and sincerity, to give me leave to use a few words. I must never forget, when I moved Your Majesty for the Attorney's place, it was your own sole act, more than that Somerset, when he knew Your Majesty had resolved it, thrust himself into the business for a fee ; and therefore I have no reason to pray to saints.
Page 108 - Whereunto he said (which I noted well) that his brethren were wise men, and that they might make a shew as if they would give an opinion as was required ; but the end would be, that it would come to this; they would say they doubted of it, and so pray advice with the rest. But to this I answered, that I was sorry to hear him say so much; lest if it came so to pass, some that loved him not might make a construction, that that which he had foretold, he had wrought.
Page 382 - It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do : good Christians content themselves with his will revealed in his word, so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that ; but rest in that which is the king's revealed will in his law.
Page 309 - The second is, that it is easily committed, and easily concealed ; and on the other side, hardly prevented, and hardly discovered : for murder by violence, princes have guards, and private men have houses, attendants, and arms: neither can such murder be committed but " cum sonitu," and with some overt and apparent act that may discover and trace the offender.
Page 366 - ... it is part of their oath to counsel his majesty when they are called ; and if they will proceed first in a business whereupon they are called to counsel, and will counsel him when ' the matter is past, it is more than a simple refusal ! to give him counsel ; and so concluded his speech, 1 and the rest of the learned counsel consented to his opinion.