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" Mr. Bacon, if you have any tooth against me, pluck it out; for it will do you more hurt, than all the teeth in your head will do you good. "
A Book about Lawyers - Page 201
by John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 432 pages
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The Judges of England: With Sketches of Their Lives, and ..., Volume 6

Edward Foss - Courts - 1857 - 540 pages
...; and the less you Bpeak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it," drew this reply from Coke : " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness...you, who are less than little, less than the least ; " with other insulting language. " Herewith stirred," Bacon proceeds, "yet I said no more but this:...
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The judges of England, from the time of the Conquest, Volume 6

Edward Foss - 1857 - 552 pages
...in your head will do you good." Bacon's sneering answer, " Mr. Attorney, I respect you ; I fear you not ; and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it," drew this reply from Coke : " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are less...
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Lives of lord Lyndhurst and lord Brougham, Volume 1

John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...teeth in your head will do you good." Bacon (coldly). — " Mr. Attorney, 1 respect you ; I fear you not : and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it." Mr. Attorney. — " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are less than little,...
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Curiosities of Literature: And, the Literary Character Illustrated

Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1857 - 522 pages
...replied, ' The less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it. • Coke replied, ' I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are lese than little, less than the least.1 Coke was exhibited on the staac, for his ill usage of Kawleigh,...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1858 - 574 pages
...for it will do you more hurt than all the teeth in your head will do you good." Bacon replied — " The less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it." Coke replied — " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are less than little,...
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Shades and Echoes of Old London

John Stoughton - London (England) - 1864 - 302 pages
...the teeth in your head will do you good." "Mr. Attorney, I respect you," said Bacon, "but I fear you not ; and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it." He replied : " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are less than the little,...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1866 - 570 pages
...for it will do you more hurt than all the tooth in your head will do you good." Bacon replied — " The less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it." Coke replied — " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you, who are less than little,...
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Records of Noble Lives

William Henry Davenport Adams - Biography - 1867 - 370 pages
...all the teeth in your head will do you good." Said Bacon. " Mr. Attorney, I respect you; I fear you not; and the less you speak of your own greatness...you, who are less than little; less than the least." Bacon. " Mr. Attorney, do not depress me so far; for I have been your better, and may be again, when...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie ..., Volume 10

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 444 pages
...you not : and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it." He replied, " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards...you, who are less than little ; less than the least -" and other such strange light terms he gave me, with that insulting which cannot be expressed. Herewith...
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The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - Great Britain - 1868 - 466 pages
...you not : and the less you speak of your own greatuess, the more I will think of it." He replied, " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards...you, who are less than little ; less than the least ;" and other such strange light terms he gave me, with that insulting which cannot be expressed. Herewith...
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