...made him gifts. But it was a wrong thing for a judge to take gifts at all. Bacon's own remark was : ' I was the justest judge that was in England these fifty years, but it was the justest sentence in Parliament that was these two hundred years/ In the trial of Bacon the House of Commons...

...the justest Chancellor since his father's time ; a sentiment afterwards slightly varied in form : " I WAS THE JUSTEST JUDGE THAT WAS IN ENGLAND THESE...IT WAS THE JUSTEST CENSURE IN PARLIAMENT THAT WAS THESE TWO HUNDRED YEARS." The almost rancorous criticism that has assailed 1 Buckingham had succeeded...

...the justest Chancellor since his father's time ; a sentiment afterwards slightly varied in form : " I WAS THE JUSTEST JUDGE THAT WAS IN ENGLAND THESE...IT WAS THE JUSTEST CENSURE IN PARLIAMENT THAT WAS THESE TWO HUNDRED YEARS." The almost rancorous criticism that has assailed 1 Buckingham had succeeded...

...remitted; he is released from the Tower, and he has time to complete his great works. He writes in cipher: I was the justest judge that was in England these fifty years; but it was the justest censure that was in Parliament these two hundred years. That is to say, while personally innocent of bribe-taking,...

...this hath commonly strength to hurt him only that is first cast in.' ' " lwas the justcst judge there was in England these fifty years ; but it was the justest censure in Parliament that there was these two hundred years." which our stuffy American, General Butler, for exampfe, would to-day...

...given judgment against him. Bacon's words regarding his offence must be accepted in that sens,e: " I was the justest judge that was in England these...it was the justest censure in Parliament that was these two hundred years." 22. A recent writer (Dean Church) has placed Bacon's conduct in its true...

...made him gifts. But it was a wrong thing for a judge to take gifts at all. Bacon's own remark was : ' I was the justest judge that was in England these fifty years, but it was the justest sentence in Parliament that was these two hundred years.' In the trial of Bacon the House of Commons...

...domestic." The great Lord Bacon was impeached by the commons for venality in office, and found guilty. His own reflection on his fall was this: — "I was...justest censure in parliament that was there these two hundred years." James, who had already made a treaty with Spain for the marriage, and for the toleration...

...king through the person of his chief official and supporter. Bacon confessed his crime, saying : " I was the justest judge that was in England these...it was the justest censure in Parliament that was these two hundred years." James tried his best to save his servile favorite, but it was useless, and...

...comprehension of its mystery, though not in extenuation (for Bacon said of himself, in just contrition : " I was the justest judge that was in England these...it was the justest censure in parliament that was these two hundred years."), we venture to add, in this connection, Spedding's charitable interpretation...