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" And another time, when the queen would not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some more mischievous author; and said with great indignation, That she would have him racked to produce his author... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the ... - Page 309
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 455 pages
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A History of England from the First Invasion of the Romans to the ..., Volume 8

John Lingard - 1855 - 498 pages
...to be racked that he might disco\ real author. " Nay, madam," said Bacon, " he is 51 doctor. Neve '* his person, but rack his style. Let him have pen, ink, and pape , and ut, to only r the rack , and months the attention of the court. Elizabeth revolved in her...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1856 - 600 pages
...this an act of sedition ; and " another time, when the Queen could not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some more mischievous author, she said, with great indignation, that she would have him racked to produce his author." And no doubt...
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Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John ..., Volume 2

Mark Napier - 1862 - 474 pages
...within the case of treason?" " And another time, when the Queen could not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...that she would have him racked to produce his author, t replied, ' Nay, madam, he is a Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his style," &c. Upon this...
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 226 pages
...and put them into his text. And another time when the queen could not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some more mischievous anthor, and said, with great indignation, that she would have him racked to produce his anthor; I replied,...
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Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John ..., Volume 2

Mark Napier - 1862 - 474 pages
...within the case of treason ?" " And another time, when the Queen could not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his style," &c. Upon this occasion the authority and the tact of the great minister restrained the royal tigress...
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Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John ..., Volume 2

Mark Napier - 1862 - 478 pages
...within the case of treason ?" " And another time, when the Queen could not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...indignation, that she would have him racked to produce his autlior, I replied, ' Nay, madam, he is a Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his style," &c. Upon...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 466 pages
...and pnt them into his text. And another time, when the Queen would not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...he is a Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his stile ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie ..., Volume 10

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 444 pages
...and put them into his text. And another time, when the Queen would not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...he is a Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his stile ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story...
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Bacon and Essex: A Sketch of Bacon's Earlier Life

Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1877 - 338 pages
...and put them into his text. And another time, when the Queen would not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...he is a Doctor, never rack his person, but rack his stile ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 25

1842 - 780 pages
...English, and put them into his text. And another time, when the queen would not be persuaded it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some...indignation, that she would have him racked* to produce bis author, I replied, ' Nay, madam, he is a doctor ; never rack his person, but rack his style ; let...
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