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... regard to the life of their great author , with the exception of the able no- tice by Oldys , in the Biographia Britannica , little has yet been accomplished . To the readers of English history , Coke is principally known as the pleader ...
... regard to the life of their great author , with the exception of the able no- tice by Oldys , in the Biographia Britannica , little has yet been accomplished . To the readers of English history , Coke is principally known as the pleader ...
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... regard to the Castle Acre estate , must have been made about the year 1615 , for I find by the book of Title Deeds at Holkham Hall that Castle Acre was bought by Sir Edward Coke , in the thirteenth year of that sovereign's reign . * For ...
... regard to the Castle Acre estate , must have been made about the year 1615 , for I find by the book of Title Deeds at Holkham Hall that Castle Acre was bought by Sir Edward Coke , in the thirteenth year of that sovereign's reign . * For ...
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... regard to what might in consequence be the fate of either himself , his wife , or his children . The moral courage of this admirable woman deserves a more widely diffused record than it has yet attained . She felt that the frowns of a ...
... regard to what might in consequence be the fate of either himself , his wife , or his children . The moral courage of this admirable woman deserves a more widely diffused record than it has yet attained . She felt that the frowns of a ...
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... regard to the laws , to oppose the encroachments of the crown , they yet demonstrated by their after conduct , that they did not seek by such means to court the smiles of the repub- licans . Thus , when the death of Charles had ...
... regard to the laws , to oppose the encroachments of the crown , they yet demonstrated by their after conduct , that they did not seek by such means to court the smiles of the repub- licans . Thus , when the death of Charles had ...
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... regard to the three claims of the Commons , he very candidly informed them , - " To your three demands the Queen an- swereth , liberty of speech is granted to you ; but how far , this is to be thought on . There be two things of most ...
... regard to the three claims of the Commons , he very candidly informed them , - " To your three demands the Queen an- swereth , liberty of speech is granted to you ; but how far , this is to be thought on . There be two things of most ...
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Page 177 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 210 - You are great, and therefore have the more enviers, which would be glad to have you paid at another's cost. Since the time I missed the Solicitor's place, the rather I think by your means, I cannot expect that you and I shall ever serve as Attorney and Solicitor together; but either to serve with another upon your remove, or to step into some other course; so as I am more free than ever I was from any occasion of unworthy conforming myself to you, more than general good manners or your particular...
Page 127 - And that she did acknowledge you had a great wit, and an excellent gift of speech, and much other good learning. But in law she rather thought you could make show to the uttermost of your knowledge, than that you were deep.
Page 171 - You shall swear by the blessed Trinity, and by the sacrament you now propose to receive, never to disclose directly or indirectly, by word or circumstance, the matter that shall be proposed to you to keep secret, nor desist from the execution thereof until the rest shall give you leave.
Page 142 - ... and other such strange light terms he gave me, with that insulting which cannot be expressed. " Herewith stirred, yet I said no more but this : ' Mr Attorney, do not depress me so far ; for I have been your better, and may be again, when it please the Queen.
Page 95 - ... my estate is nothing correspondent for the maintenance of this dignity; for my father, dying, left me a younger brother, and nothing to me but my bare annuity. Then, growing to man's estate, and some small practice of the law, I took a wife, by whom I have had many children, the keeping of us all being a great impoverishment to my estate, and the daily living of us all nothing but my daily industry.
Page 210 - ... stand at a stay. And surely I may not endure in public place to be wronged without repelling the same to my best advantage to right myself. You are great, and therefore have the more enviers, which would be glad to have you paid at another's cost. Since the time I missed the Solicitor's place, the rather I think by your means, I cannot expect that you and I shall ever serve as Attorney and Solicitor together; but...
Page 150 - I do not hear yet, that you have spoken one word against me ; here is no treason of mine done. If my lord Cobham be a traitor, what is that to me ? Attorney.
Page 147 - I shall not need, my lords, to speak any thing concerning the king, nor of the bounty and sweetness of his nature, whose thoughts are innocent, whose words are full of wisdom and learning, and whose works are full of honour ; although it be a true saying, Nunquam nimis, quod nunquam satis.
Page 24 - ... as he was taking the air in a coach with Dr. Witherborne (a Scotchman, physician to the King) towards Highgate, snow lay on the 1 Commented upon. ground, and it came into my Lord's thoughts why flesh might not be preserved in snow, as in salt.