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The Judges of England: With Sketches of Their Lives, and Miscellaneous ... - Page 116
by Edward Foss - 1857
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Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and ...

William Herbert - 1804 - 454 pages
...concerned in the murder of sir Thomas Overbury, that " she was guilty of the seven deadly sins ; she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer." » Clarendon, vol. ip 6. * In Harrington's " Observations on the Statutes," jdedit. p. n*, note, is...
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Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons from the ..., Volume 1

James Caulfield - 1813 - 184 pages
...that the fashion might end in shame and detestation." In addition to the above sentence he declared, " that she~ had the seven deadly sins, viz. a whore,...bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murtherer — the daughter of the devell." His hope was fully accomplished, as never from the day,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury) that she was guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins ; she was a w— — e, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon,- and a murtherer.' For farther proofs of his venomous acrimony, see the State-Trials, VII. 102., in the cause...
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A biographical history of England, adapted to a methodical catalogue of ...

James Granger - 1824 - 800 pages
...concerned in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, that " She was guilty of the seven deadly sins ; she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer." t Clarendon, vol. ip 6. t In Bairiagton's " Observations on the Statutes," 3d edit. p. 112, note, is...
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A Biographical History of England: From Egbert the Great to the Revolution ...

James Granger - 1824 - 580 pages
...concerned in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, that " She was guilty of the seven deadly sins ; she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer." t Clarendon, vol. ip 6. : In Harrington's " Observations on the Statutes," 3d edit. p. 112, note, is...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...the trial of Mrs. Turner, told her that she was " guilty of the seven deadly sins ;" that she was " a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer." (b) Letter of expostulation, vol. vii. p. 297. VOL. xv. ' as an atheist and a traitor, reproached him,...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 6

David Hume - 1825 - 492 pages
...Coke, in the trial of Mrs. Turner, told her that she was guilty of the seven deadly sins : she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a Papist, a felon, a murderer.d And what may more surprise us, Bacon, then attorney-general, took care to observe, that...
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The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt., in Verse: Wherein the Name of Each ...

Sir Edward Coke - 1826 - 132 pages
...the trial of Mrs. Turner be scrupled not to affirm that she was guilty of seven deadly sins ; she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer. Many circumstances now concurred to hasten liis fall. He had been led to oppose the King in a dispute...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 492 pages
...Coke, in the trial of Mrs. Turner, told her that she was guilty of the seven deadly sins : she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer a. And what may more surprise us, Bacon, then attorney-general, took care to observe, that poisoning...
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A Readable Edition of Coke Upon Littleton

Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Thomas Coventry - 1830 - 716 pages
...indulge in against the prisoner. He told her that she was guilty of the seven deadly sins, that she was a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a papist, a felon, and a murderer. It is scarcely necessary to add that she was condemned and executed, though the prime movers of the...
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