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" I hope I shall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice ; howsoever I may be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. "
Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: John Pym; John Hampden. By John Forster - Page 12
1837
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Letters of S[i]r Francis Bacon ... Written During the Reign of King James ...

Francis Bacon - Great Britain - 1702 - 408 pages
...Briberies and Gifts , wherewith I am charged , when the Books of Hearts (hall be opened , I hope, I (hall not be found to have the troubled Fountain of a corrupt..., in a depraved Habit of taking Rewards to pervert Juftice ; howfoever I may be frail, and partake of the Alufes of the Times. And therefore, I am refblved,...
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Letters and remains of the lord chancellor Bacon, collected by R. Stephens ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1734 - 594 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts mall be opened, I hope I mall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert juftice ; howfoever I may be frail, and partake of the abufes of the times. And therefore I am refolved,...
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...without any crooks or angles. And for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. And therefore I am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick up my innocency, as I writ to the...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...without any crooks or angles. And for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. my faults, and that no hardness of heart do steal upott me, under shew of more neatness of conscience,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
..." And • for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I...frail and partake of the abuses of the times." It is singular to observe the different shapes in which the bribes were administered in Lord Bacon's case....
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 430 pages
...nobleness, without any crooks or angles. " And, for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times*. " And therefore I am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick my innocency (as I writ to the...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 6

Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...without any crooks or angles. " And for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. " And therefore I am resolved, when I come to my answer, not to trick up my innocency, as I writ to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...evil. " And for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I...frail and partake of the abuses of the times." It is singular to observe the different shapes in which the bribes were administered in Lord Bacon's case....
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, I hope I .«hall not be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt...be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. For the upper house, even within these days, before these troubles, they seemed as to take me into...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...evil. " And for the briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I...frail and partake of the abuses of the times." It is singular to observe the different shapes in which the bribes were administered in Lord Bacon's case....
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