 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...his signature had been really subscribed by himself. In bitter shame and sorrow, Bacon exclaimed, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." They retired, and Bacon took to his chamber in the deepest dejection. Although the utmost delicacy... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 596 pages
...of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it ia 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 dejection. The next day, the sergeant-at-arms... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...whether he had subscribed it with his own hand, and whether or not he would stand to it, " unto which he light of those causes which discovered particulars, but only the particulars being first The seal was sequestered, and immediately put in commission. On the 2nd of May, the lords agreed to... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Christianity - 1855 - 376 pages
...whether this was his true and real confession, he used the following noble and touching language, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The sentence for the crime we have already recorded. We have no wish to justify these deeply humiliating... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...if the signature affixed to the paper they exhibited to him was his. He passionately exclaimed : " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The committee withdrew, overwhelmed with grief at the sight of such greatness so fallen. to his bed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...to inquire whether the confession was subscribed by himself, he answered, " It is my hand, my act, my heart: I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was fined j£40,000; sent prisoner to the Tower; and declared incapable of any olliee or employment... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...merely if the signature to the paper which they showed him was genuine? He passionately exclaimed, — " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." Shocked at witnessing the agonies of such a mind, and the degradation of such a name, they instantly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...to inquire whether the confession was subscribed by himself, he answered, " It is my hand, my act, my heart : I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was fined jC-10,000; sent prisoner to the Tower; and declared incapable of any office or employment... | |
 | Biography - 1857 - 476 pages
...friend Lord Southampton, who had been condemned to death along with Essex. Bacon replied to them, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships be merciful to a broken reed." Again the fallen judge prayed the king to intercede for him ; and again... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...were 'indeed signed by himself, his pa- i thetic answer waa : " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, j my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a ; broken reed !" The sentence passed tipon the offender woe a fine of £40,000, imprisonment in the Tower during... | |
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it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed. 
