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No instance can be pointed out among his judgments where justice was warped
by his favour to either side , nor in connection with which any one has ever arisen
to say that Bacon ' s decision was bought . The remainder of Bacon ' s life was ...
No instance can be pointed out among his judgments where justice was warped
by his favour to either side , nor in connection with which any one has ever arisen
to say that Bacon ' s decision was bought . The remainder of Bacon ' s life was ...
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... at Piqueny , as upon all other occasions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester ,
stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the
disadvantage of the King his brother , and drawing the eyes 6 IIISTORY OF KING
HENRY VII .
... at Piqueny , as upon all other occasions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester ,
stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the
disadvantage of the King his brother , and drawing the eyes 6 IIISTORY OF KING
HENRY VII .
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On the other 15 side , if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster ,
inherent in his person , he knew it was a title condemned by parliament , and
generally prejudged in the common opinion of the realm , and that it tended
directly to ...
On the other 15 side , if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster ,
inherent in his person , he knew it was a title condemned by parliament , and
generally prejudged in the common opinion of the realm , and that it tended
directly to ...
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... and a part of Henry the sixth , on the one side , and the times of Edward the
fourth on the other , lucid intervals and 30 happy pauses ; yet they did ever hang
over the kingdom , ready to break forth into new perturbations and calamities .
... and a part of Henry the sixth , on the one side , and the times of Edward the
fourth on the other , lucid intervals and 30 happy pauses ; yet they did ever hang
over the kingdom , ready to break forth into new perturbations and calamities .
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He on the other side with great wisdom , not ignorant of the affections and fears of
the people , to disperse the conceit and terror of a conquest , had given order ,
that there 5 should be nothing in his journey like unto a warlike march or manner
...
He on the other side with great wisdom , not ignorant of the affections and fears of
the people , to disperse the conceit and terror of a conquest , had given order ,
that there 5 should be nothing in his journey like unto a warlike march or manner
...
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| Title | History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby Pitt press series |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Joseph Rawson Lumby |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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