 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 páginas
...inquire if this confession were indeed signed by himself, his pa- ! thetic answer was : " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, ' my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a ', broken reed !" The sentence passed upon the offender was a fine of £40,000,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 páginas
...degradation of such a nnme might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My lords," said Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They withdrew; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 512 páginas
...degradation of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They withdrew; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1008 páginas
...degradation of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," Baid Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.': They withdrew ; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 páginas
...Chancellor to inquire if^ the signature were his?— when his impassioned reply was ; — " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The sentence pronounced on the self-confessing offender was — 1st.... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1864 - 362 páginas
...To the peers who asked him to verify his signature to this criminatory document he could only say, " It is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships, be merciful to a broken reed ;" and the theory that this confession was a pure falsehood deprives Bacon of even... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 páginas
...degradation of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They withdrew ; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 páginas
...degradation of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They withdrew ; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 páginas
...degradation of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They withdrew ; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest... | |
 | 1872 - 692 páginas
...was sent by the lords to inquire if such was the case, and if it had been signed by him. " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was sentenced to pay a fine of £40,000, to be imprisoned during... | |
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it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed. 
