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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. "
Letters and remains of the lord chancellor Bacon, collected by R. Stephens ... - Page 127
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1734
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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...Juftice ; howfoever I may be frail, and partake of the Alufes of the Times. And therefore, I am refblved, when I come to my Anfwer, not to trick my Innocency...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, 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. my faults, and that no hardness...
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, 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. And therefore I am resolved,...
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1822 - 434 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the book of hearts shall be opened, 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*. " And therefore I am resolved,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 6

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 426 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, 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. " And therefore I am resolved,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 6

Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...briberies and gifts wherewith I am charged, when the books of hearts shall be opened, 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. " And therefore I am resolved,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...charged," says he, in a letter to the king, " when the book of hearts shall be opened, 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." It is singular to observe...
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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...heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice; howsoever I may be frail, and partake of the abuses of the times. For the upper house, even...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...wherewith. I am charged, Letter to when the book of hearts shall be opened,. I hope I shall the King' 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," was his expression in the...
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Westminster Hall: Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar ..., Volume 1

Law - 1825 - 318 pages
...wherewith I am charged, when the book of hearts shall be opened, I hope I shall not be found to have the fountain of a corrupt heart, in a depraved habit of taking rewards to pervert justice ; howsoever I may fail and partake of the corruption of the times." The sentence upon Bacon...
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