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" ... allegation, of any such pretext, nor so much as intimated, or insinuated, any such design or purpose. Again, before he came to the islands, he made no difficulty to tell many in express terms, that he meant to surprise and set upon the Mexico fleet... "
Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and ... - Page 372
by Francis Bacon - 1872
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The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, Knt, Volume 2

Arthur Cayley - 1806 - 482 pages
...qualify it by saying, If all failed, or if the actian of the mine were defeated. And Sir Walter Ralegh himself being charged with these speeches, confessed...that it was propounded by him, to the end to keep hit men together, and if he spake it before, it was but discourse at large. ' After, when he began...
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The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 3

1809 - 610 pages
...he meant to surprise and set upon the Mexico fleet, though sometimes he would qualify it, by saying: If all failed, or, if the action of the mine were...him, to the end to keep his men together ; and, if he spoke it before, it was but discourse at large. After, when he began to be upon the approaches of his...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 3

William Oldys, John Malham - 1809 - 662 pages
...meant to surprise and set upon the Mexico fleet, though sometimes he would qualify it, by saying : If all failed, or, if the action of the mine were...defeated; and that it was propounded by him, to the end to kerp his men together ; and, if he spoke it before, it was but discourse at large. After, when he began...
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 3

Harleian miscellany - 1809 - 592 pages
...meant to surprise and set upon the Mexico fleet, though sometimes he would qualify it, by saying : If all failed, or, if the action of the mine were...confessed the words, but saith, that, in time, they were spuken after the action of the mine was defeated; and that it was propounded by him, to the end to...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1872 - 524 pages
...he meant to surprise and set upon the Mexico fleet, though sometimes he would qualify it, by saying, If all failed, or if the action of the mine were defeated?...were spoken after the action of the mine was defeated : aud that it was propounded by him to the end to keep his men together, and if he spake it before,...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1872 - 524 pages
...statement had been made were produced in person to confirm it, he (according to the " Declaration ") " confessed the words, but saith that, in time, they...spoken after the action of the mine was defeated :" and so far Sir Julius's notes and the official Declaration agree. But then follows a material difference....
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie ..., Volume 13

Francis Bacon - 1872 - 548 pages
...statement had been made were produced in person to confirm it, he (according to the " Declaration ") " confessed the words, but saith that, in time, they...spoken after the action of the mine was defeated:" and so far Sir Julins's notes and the official Declaration agree. But then follows a material difference....
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1872 - 524 pages
...had been made were produced in per confirm it, he (according to the " Declaration ") " confessed the but saith that, in time, they were spoken after the action of th was defeated :" and so far Sir Julins's notes and the official 1i tion agree. But then follows a...
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An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

James Spedding - 1878 - 736 pages
...notes are to be taken as complete, that was all he had to say: whereas the Declaration makes him add, that " it was propounded by him to the end to keep...he spake it before it was but discourse at large." Now such a qualification of his confession seems to me too important to have been overlooked or omitted...
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