Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 306
... Court of Queen's Bench . But the graces of manner and language must , to a great extent , have been common between the Queen's Counsel and the Knight of the Shire . Bacon tried to play a very difficult game in politics . He wished to be ...
... Court of Queen's Bench . But the graces of manner and language must , to a great extent , have been common between the Queen's Counsel and the Knight of the Shire . Bacon tried to play a very difficult game in politics . He wished to be ...
Page 327
... court seems at that period scarcely to have been considered as improper , " he give the very words of Sir Edward Coke on the subject . " I will not thus declare what may be my judgment by these auricular confessions of new and ...
... court seems at that period scarcely to have been considered as improper , " he give the very words of Sir Edward Coke on the subject . " I will not thus declare what may be my judgment by these auricular confessions of new and ...
Page 426
... Court , known by the name of Jack Churchill , was , about the same time , so lucky as to become the object of a short - lived fancy of the Duchess . She had presented him with five thousand pounds , the price , in all probability , of ...
... Court , known by the name of Jack Churchill , was , about the same time , so lucky as to become the object of a short - lived fancy of the Duchess . She had presented him with five thousand pounds , the price , in all probability , of ...
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