 I thought best once for all to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.  Lives of Eminent Persons - Page 6by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 571 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...reading. ' i LXXXV. A Letter of expostulation, to Sir ED- ju WARD COKE, attorney-general. Mr. Attorney, I THOUGHT best, once for all, to let you know in plainness...pleaseth you, I pray, think of me : I am one that knows both mine own wants and other mens ; and it may be, perchance, that mine mend, when others stand... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...Letter of expostulation, to Sir ED- R aw iey's WARD COKE, attorney-general. ' i R«> Mr. A ttorney, •' I THOUGHT best, once for all, to let you know in plainness...law, my experience, my discretion. What it pleaseth you,.I pray, think of me: I am one that knows both mine own wants and other mens; and it may be, perchance,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...much bitterness, and in the spirit of one who considers himself injured. " I thought best," says he, " once for all, to let you know in plainness what I...and disable my law, my experience, my discretion. * * * You are great, and therefore have the more enviers, which would be glad to have you paid at another's... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1821 - 526 pages
...eitracting. H is contained in Bacon's Works, vol. iii, p. 234, and is as follows : ' Mr Attorney, ' I thought best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find •fyou, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 434 pages
...best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me, to take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable...it pleaseth you I pray think of me ; I am one that knows both my own wants and other men's, and it may be perchance that mine mend, others stand at a... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 434 pages
...expostulation, which well explains the relative situation of the parties : " Mr. Attorney, — I thought it best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me, to take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion: what it... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...much bitterness, and in the spirit of one who considers himself injured. " I thought best," says he, " once for all, to let you know in plainness what I...and disable my law, my experience, my discretion. * * * You are great, and therefore have the more enviers, which would be glad to have you paid at another's... | |
 | English poetry - 1823 - 804 pages
...sir Edward, then attorney-general, is preserved by Miss Aikin : — " Mr. Attorney,— I thought it best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me, to take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion : what it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...reading. LXXXV. A Letter of expostulation, to SirR aw i e j;. EDWARD COKE, attorney-general. Mr. Attorney, I THOUGHT best, once for all, to let you know in plainness...pleaseth you, I pray, think of me : I am one that knows both mine own wants and other men's ; and it may be, perchance, that mine mend, when others stand... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...when reviled, reviled not again, (d) but in due season thus expostulated with him : Mr. Attorney, — I thought best once for all, to let you know in plainness...it pleaseth you I pray think of me; I am one that knows both mine own wants and other men's : and it may be, perchance, that mine mend, others stand... | |
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