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" Kings do more easily find instruments for their will and humour, than for their service and honour; he had gotten for his purpose, or beyond his purpose, two instruments, Empson and Dudley, whom the people esteemed as his horse-leeches and shearers, bold... "
Francis Bacon: An Account of His Life and Works - Page 449
by Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 504 pages
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The True Briton ...

Philip Wharton Duke of Wharton - 1723 - 704 pages
...any Reflection upqn them. Hijtory Hen. VII. f. 119, 120. 4 AS Kings do more e.Uily find Inftruments for • their Will and Humour, than for their Service and ' Honour, He (King Henry VII.) had gotten for hi» ' Purpofe, or beyond his Purpofe, Two Inltruments, ' Entfjm and...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 16

British essayists - 1802 - 380 pages
...Perkins's secrets were laid up. — One might know afar off where the owl was by the flight of birds — ^Bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll of their master's grist — Empson and Dudley would have cut another chop out of him — Peter Hialas, some call him J21ias...
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Select British Classics, Volume 37

1803 - 440 pages
...Perkin's secrets were laid up.. ..One might know afar off where the owl was, by the flight ot birds... .Bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll of their master's grist.... Empson and Dudley would have cut airother chop out of him ...Peter Hialas, some call him Elias; surely...
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The British Essayists;: Guardian

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 368 pages
...Perkins's secrets were laid up.—One might know alar off where the owl was by the flight of birds—Bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll of their master's grist— Empson and Dudley would have cut another chop out of him—Peter Hialas, some call him Elias; surely...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 12

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 560 pages
...who understood it well, relates every circumstance freely and fully in the following manner : " As kings do more easily find instruments for their will...beyond his purpose, two instruments, Empson and Dudley, bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll for their master's grist Dudley was of a good family,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 12

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 562 pages
...who understood it well, relates every circumstance freely and fully in the following manner : " As kings do more easily find instruments for their will...beyond his purpose, two instruments, Empson and Dudley, bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll for their master's grist. Dudley was of a good family,...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...with a strong tide, his affections and thoughts unto the gathering and heaping up of treasure. And as Kings do more easily find instruments for their will...fame, and that took toll of their master's grist. Dudley was of a good family, eloquent, and one that could put hateful business into good language....
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...with a strong tide, his affections and thoughts unto the gathering and heaping up of treasure. And as Kings do more easily find instruments for their will...fame, and that took toll of their master's grist. Dudley was of a good family, eloquent, and one that could put hateful business into good language,...
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The British Essayists: Guardian

James Ferguson - 1819 - 366 pages
...Perkins's secrets were laid up.—One might know afar off where the owl was by the flight of birds—Bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll of their master's grist— Empson and Dudley would have cut another chop out of him—Peter Hialas, some call him Elias; surely...
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The Guardian: A New Edition, Carefully Revised, in Two Volumes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...Perkin's secrets were laid up. — One might know afar off where the owl was by the flight of birds — Bold men, and careless of fame, and that took toll of their master's grist — Empson and Dudley would have cut another chop out of him — Peter Hialas, some call him Elias...
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