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" I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice ; howsoever I may be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. "
Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from ... - Page 307
by John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847
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Letters of S[i]r Francis Bacon ... Written During the Reign of King James ...

Francis Bacon - 1702 - 408 pages
...Briberies and Gifts , wherewith I am charged , when the Books of Hearts (hall be opened , I hope, I (hall not be found to have the troubled Fountain of a corrupt..., in a depraved Habit of taking Rewards to pervert Juftice ; howfoever I may be frail, and partake of the Alufes of the Times. And therefore, I am refblved,...
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Letters and remains of the lord chancellor Bacon, collected by R. Stephens ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1734 - 594 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts mall be opened, I hope I mall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert juftice ; howfoever I may be frail, and partake of the abufes of the times. And therefore I am refolved,...
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick up my innocency, as I writ to the lords, by cavillations or voidances ; but to speak to them the language...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. my faults, and that no hardness of heart do steal upott me, under shew of more neatness of conscience,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pages
...charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...be frail and partake of the abuses of the times." It is singular to observe the different shapes in which the bribes were administered in Lord Bacon's...
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 434 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...come to my answer, not to trick my innocency (as I writ to the lords) by cavilations or voidances : but to speak to them the language that my heart speaketh...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 6

1822 - 386 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick up my innocency, as I writ to the lords, by cavillations or voidances ; but to speak to them the language...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 6

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 426 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick up my innocency, as I writ to the lords, by cavillations or voidances ; but to speak to them the language...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

1824 - 408 pages
...charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...be frail and partake of the abuses of the times." It is singular to observe the different shapes in which the bribes were administered in Lord Bacon's...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 624 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I .«hall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. For the upper house, even within these days, before these troubles, they seemed as to take me into...
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